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"RANZ DES VACHES OF THE GRUYERE ALPS, CANTON OF FREIBOURG" by ANONYMOUS

First Line: THE HERDSMEN OF THE COLOMBETTES
Last Line: "WHERE WILL I DRAIN YOU! / COWS, COWS! TO THE MILKING COME!"
Subject(s): "GRUYERE, SWITZERLAND;"
THE herdsmen of the Colombettes
At the dawn of day have risen;
Ha ah! ha ah!
Cows, cows! to the milking come!
Come here all of you,
White and black ones,
Red and brindled,
Young ones, old ones,
Under this oak-tree,
Where I will milk you,
Under this poplar,
Where I will drain you!
Cows, cows! to the milking come!



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