Mother Goose (song)

"Mother Goose"
Song by Jethro Tull from the album Aqualung
Released	March 19, 1971
Recorded	December 1970 - February 1971 at Island Studios, London
Genre	Folk rock, Progressive rock
Length	3:51
Label	Reprise(original US) Chrysalis/Capitol (US re-issue)
Writer	Ian Anderson
Producer	Ian Anderson and Terry Ellis
Aqualung track listing
"Cheap Day Return" (3) "Mother Goose" (4) "Wond'ring Aloud" (5)

"Mother Goose" is a song by the British multi-genre band Jethro Tull. It is the fourth track from their album Aqualung which was released in 1971. The lyrics are a pastiche of surreal figures based on images that Ian Anderson saw while wandering around Hampstead Heath. The song is mostly acoustic much like "Cheap Day Return" or "Slipstream", from the same album. The song appeared on The Best of Jethro Tull - The Anniversary Collection and was performed (as was the entire Aqualung album) on 23 November 2004 at the XM Studios and captured on the album Aqualung Live.

Personnel

• Ian Anderson: acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals, backing vocals
• Martin Barre: acoustic rhythm guitar, percussion
• Jeffrey Hammond: alto recorder, backing vocals (Credited on Aqualung album as Jeffery Hammond-Hammond)
• Clive Bunker: percussion
• John Evan: Mellotron

The Mellotron was replaced by the accordion on the Aqualung Live album played by Andrew Giddings.

Known Appearances

• Aqualung 1971
• Aqualung Live 2005