Soldier and Gander + 

When Sherman marched through Georgia, + 

Hanger in soldiers oft did knaw; + 

A soldier longing for to dine + 

He soon procured a hook and line, + 

And put on hook a tempting bait. + 

And old wife stood beside her gate, + 

And round her a flock of geese; + 

The soldier he resolved to fleece + 

The old Irtdy of her gander, + 

And make it from flock to wander; + 

Quick as the soldier threw the bait + 

The gander then it left each mate. + 

And it then seem’d to the beholder + 

As if the gander chased the soldier; + 

Old lady told soldier not to run, + 

For gander only was in fun, + 

And she would pledge to him her word, + 

The gander was kind-hearted bird; + 

She never knew him yet to fight, + 

For in good deeds he took delight. + 

The soldier cried, “I will not stay, + 

But from fierce fowl will run away”; + 

Old woman she could not divine, + 

Gander was pulled by hook and line. + 

When soldier got across the hill, + 

He took the hook from out its bill, + 

Twisted its neck, and goose did roast, + 

Oft of that meal he yet doth boast. + 