D                  G                   D 
We had to care for three old milk cows daily 
They swaggered when they walked, doing their A moo 
      D                   G           D 
Every morning every night regular you see 
                       A      D 
No matter what else we had to do 

             G          D 
Brown Swiss, Jersey and Holstein 
                                       A 
Big old mammas their bags dragging the ground 
     D                G                  D 
They had to be milked if you know what I mean 
                         A          D 
Twice a day, thats where I could be found 

                      G              D 
Fat, wide tails would slap me in the eye 
                                   A 
Maybe a heavy hoof on a sore bare toe 
       D       G                   D 
Squirt the cat in the face, on the sly 
            A             D 
Humming and singing as we go 

               G               D 
Pour that milk in the old De- Laval 
                           A 
Crank it into a rich, rich cream 
      D       G                  D 
Seven days to fill a five gallon can-now 
             A      D 
It all seems like a dream 

                G                D 
Take the can to town on Saturday night 
                                      A 
Old man Roemers Creamery gave us our pay 
  D                      G           D 
A dime for popcorn and a show at the site 
                              A                     D 
Twenty cents for a gallon of gas for the old Model A 

               G              D 
Those were the days during WW Two 
                 A 
I was only about ten 
      D              G          D 
Every family had war support to do 
              A             D 
We all worked together back then 

                     G            D 
Crankin cream out of that old De -Laval 
                         A 
It seemed so hard to do then 
    D        G                     D 
But oh how I yearn for those times now 
                  A            D 
Only memories can take me back again 

                        G                D 
Tag: Crankin cream out of that old De- Laval