DESCRIPTION:
The Goslings by Frederick Bridge
performed by Rosemary Dewey (tenor) and David W Solomons (alto)
(also wielding kazoos for the wedding march!)
with Tony Nightingale on piano

Not for vegetarians.... or those of a sentimental disposition!
Gives a different interpretation on the phrase:
"In death they were side by side"

Gosling and goose footage - Prelinger Archives
Gosling photos - Owlmonkey from Flickr - Creative Commons via Wikimedia


She was a pretty little Gosling
and a gay young gosling he.
And "I love you" he said, "so dearly"
and "I love you too" said she.
"But alas we must part" he whispered,
"I'm off to the world so wide;
but Love don't fear, I'll come next year
and make you, and make you my little bride."



T'was Michaelmas day at morning,
that he came home once more.
He met his true love's Mother,
and Oh! She was weeping sore.
"Too late, you have come" she whispered,
"They've taken your love away!
She never will be your bride Ah, me!
For she's going to be cooked today."


Then up he went to the farmhouse.
"Where is my love?" he said.
But the farmer's wife, she seized a knife
and cut off his little head.
And she served up with his true love,
on a dish so deep and wide.
So though in life they were parted,
In death they were side by side