trad 1810
Alex Cumming 2018
The Teacups: https://haystackrecords.bandcamp.com/track/vignette-iv-the-goose
https://haystackrecords.bandcamp.com/track/vignette-iv-the-goose
Chorus: They hang the man and flog the woman Who steals the goose from off the common But leave the greater villain loose Who steals the common from off the goose The law demands that we atone When we take things we do not own But leaves the lords and ladies fine Who take things that are yours and mine The poor and wretched don’t escape If they conspire the law to break This must be so but they endure Those who conspire to make the law The law condemns the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common And geese will still a common lack Until they go, and steal it back