Goose and Common

The law condemns a man or woman

Who steals the goose from off the common

But leaves 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 law condemns a man or woman

Who steals the goose from off the common

But leaves the greater villain loose

Who steals the common from off the goose

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 a man or woman

Who steals the goose from off the common

But leaves the greater villain loose

Who steals the common from off the goose

The law condemns the man or woman

Who steals the goose from off the common

But geese will still a common lack

Until they go and steal it back