Please ID lyrics and author

[PLSongbird]

>
>"Go tell Aunt Rodie,
>Go tell Aunt Rodie,
>Go tell Aunt Rodie,
>the old grey goose is dead.

I thought it was called The Old Grey Goose.
Check Mother Goose.
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[Kyle Harris]

HeelsFans wrote:
>
> The name of the song is Aunt Rhody. I have never seen a listing for composer
> or lyricist, only "traditional."
>
> I have more words than you, so I am including them. (It was a song my mother
> sang to me, and her mother sang to her. When you think of it, though, it is
> pretty gruesome as a children's song.) (etc...)

How interesting!! I've never seen your version before - - it's sort of
a combination of "Aunt Rhody" and an old Leadbelly song called "The Gray
Goose"! That's folk music for you! Thanks for sharing.

sue harris