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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Switzerland and Austria: Vol. XVI. 1876–79.

Switzerland: Gruyère

Ranz des Vaches of the Gruyère Alps, Canton of Freibourg

By Swiss Song

Anonymous translation

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,

While 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!