Lake Fork Verne - That old delaval

^DWe had to care for ^Gthree old milk cows ^Ddaily They swaggered when they walked, doing their (A )moo Every ^Dmorning every night ^Gregular you ^Dsee No matter what else we ^Ahad to ^Ddo

Brown Swiss, ^GJersey and ^DHolstein Big old mammas their bags dragging the ^Aground They ^Dhad to be milked ^Gif you know what I ^Dmean Twice a day, thats where ^AI could be ^Dfound

Fat, wide tails would ^Gslap me in the ^Deye Maybe a heavy hoof on a sore bare t^Aoe Squirt ^Dthe cat ^Gin the face, on the ^Dsly Humming and ^Asinging as we ^Dgo

Pour that milk ^Gin the old De- L^Daval Crank it into a rich, rich ^Acream Seven ^Ddays to ^Gfill a five gallon ^Dcan-now It all seems ^Alike a ^Ddream

Take the can to ^Gtown on Saturday ^Dnight Old man Roemers Creamery gave us our p^Aay A ^Ddime for popcorn and a ^Gshow at the ^Dsite Twenty cents for a gallon of g^Aas for the old Model A^D

Those were the ^Gdays during WW ^DTwo I was only about ^Aten Every ^Dfamily had war ^Gsupport to ^Ddo We all worked ^Atogether back ^Dthen

Crankin cream out of ^Gthat old De -^DLaval It seemed so hard to do t^Ahen But ^Doh how I ^Gyearn for those times ^Dnow Only memories can ^Atake me back ^Dagain

Tag: Crankin cream out o^Gf that old De- La^Dval