"The Cry of the Wild Goose" is a 1950 song written by Terry Gilkyson.
The song was released on 78 rpm in early 1950 by Mercury Records with a catalog number of 5363.
The Laine version spent two weeks at number-one on the Billboard Most Played by Jockeys music chart in March 1950.
It was the uncredited theme song for the 1950 motion picture release Saddle Tramp.
She states that before she could leave a message, she had to listen to Frankie Laine sing "I must go where the wild goose goes", in reference to the lyrics to the song.