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[Verse]
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On Pukaskwa River so early this morning,
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While mending my tumpline I hear the geese calling;
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Over the brule a long clamoring cry,
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Flying formation against the grey sky,
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Comes the wild goose, the wild goose,
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High over the North Shore, and I'm going home.
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And the river is open but the lake's frozen over,
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It's time to pack out when so late in October;
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Winter's a-coming, the wild geese know,
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We've had a long fall and it's time to go,
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With the wild goose, the wild goose,
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High over the North Shore, and I'm going home.
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And I've made lots of money, got money to burn,
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And when I have spent it I know I'll return;
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After the freeze-up, when snow is dry,
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For to work in the tall woods - I wish that I,
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Were a wild goose, a wild goose,
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High over the North Shore, and I'm going home.
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And I've worked in the bush and spent money in town,
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I'd like to get married but I can't settle down;
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At the last portage, when I'll pack no more,
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Let me fly with the wild goose high over North Shore,
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With the wild goose, the wild goose,
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High over the North Shore, and I'm going home.