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Introdução:
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We had to care for three old milk cows daily
They swaggered when they walked, doing their A moo
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Every morning every night regular you see
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No matter what else we had to do
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Brown Swiss, Jersey and Holstein
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Big old mammas their bags dragging the ground
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They had to be milked if you know what I mean
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Twice a day, thats where I could be found
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Fat, wide tails would slap me in the eye
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Maybe a heavy hoof on a sore bare toe
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Squirt the cat in the face, on the sly
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Humming and singing as we go
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Pour that milk in the old De- Laval
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Crank it into a rich, rich cream
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Seven days to fill a five gallon can-now
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It all seems like a dream
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Take the can to town on Saturday night
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Old man Roemers Creamery gave us our pay
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A dime for popcorn and a show at the site
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Twenty cents for a gallon of gas for the old Model A
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Those were the days during WW Two
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I was only about ten
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Every family had war support to do
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We all worked together back then
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Crankin cream out of that old De -Laval
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It seemed so hard to do then
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But oh how I yearn for those times now
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Only memories can take me back again
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Tag: Crankin cream out of that old De- Laval