Be careful not to cross the gander, A bird composed of beak and dander, His heart is filled with prideful hate Of all the world except his mate. And if the neighbors do not err He's overfond of beating her. Is she happy? What's the use Of trying to psychoanalyze a goose?


Verses from 1929 On - The Gander, Little, Brown & Company. 1959


Be careful not to cross the gander, A bird composed of beak and dander, His heart is filled with prideful hate Of all the world except his mate. And...

Be careful not to cross the gander, A bird composed of beak and dander, His heart is filled with prideful hate Of all the world except his mate. And...

Be careful not to cross the gander, A bird composed of beak and dander, His heart is filled with prideful hate Of all the world except his mate. And...

Be careful not to cross the gander, A bird composed of beak and dander, His heart is filled with prideful hate Of all the world except his mate. And...