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Go Tell Aunt Rhody

(American Folk Song)

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"Go Tell Aunt Rhody" is an American folk song, but the tune is from a French opera by Rousseau called "Le Devin du Village" from 1752.

Go Tell Aunt Rhody

Folk Song

Go tell Aunt Rhody,
Go tell Aunt Rhody,
Go tell Aunt Rhody
The old gray goose is dead.

The one she's been saving,
The one she's been saving,
The one she's been saving
To make a feather bed.

The goslings are crying,
The goslings are crying,
The goslings are crying,
Because their mother's dead.

The gander is weeping,
The gander is weeping,
The gander is weeping,
Because his wife is dead.

She died in the mill pond,
She died in the mill pond,
She died in the mill pond
From standin' on her head.

Go tell Aunt Rhody,
Go tell Aunt Rhody,
Go tell Aunt Rhody
The old gray goose is dead.