"Blue Goose", also known as "Grey Goose" or "Susan's Gone" is an American reel in cut time and G Major. The parts are played AB. The tune is a variant of the better-known "Barlow Knife". Mark Wilson also notes that the tune was called "Boatin' Up Sandy" in the Portsmouth, Ohio, region (although that name has been used for several tunes). See also Glen Lyn, Virginia, fiddler Henry Reed's "Cabin Creek", another tune in the "Barlow Knife" family.
It was printed in Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994) and Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021).
It was recorded by Buddy Thomas on Buddy Thomas: Recordings from the collection of Dave Spilia & Ray Alden (2015) and on Kitty Puss: Old Time Fiddle Music From Kentucky (1976, originally recorded 1973), Rhys Jones, Jeff Miller, Jim Nelson on Mississippi Square Dance vol. 2 (2004) (A version similar to Buddy Thomas's, traced to a Dave Vettik, c. 1972).