The Cow Says

Written by Briyan Frederick Baker
Published by Blind Mime Music, ASAP
© Brian F Baker. All rights reserved.

This was written off-the-cuff one Sunday night at home, having fun playing around with vocal arrangements in sunoai. The inspiration spark came from having archived a cassette album by Dan Fioretti and Jonathan Caws-Elwitt for GAJOOB’s archive library. Dan, Jonathan, along with Ken Clinger and others had an exchange that involved a revolving set of people and Bovines played a recurring role in a surreal  and ongoing play of hometaping make believe.

Recordings

Briyan Frederick (11 Oct 2025)

This is the original recording with instrument and vocal sunoai arrangements by myself.

Lyric by Briyan Frederick Baker

Haven't you heard
The herd is a third of things
Cut into thirds
Of things and their words
A third is a third

But as a bird flies
That's a whole other thing
For sure

the cow says…
(moooooooooooo…)

But that's neither here (nor there)
Where there brown hare
Brown cows don't dare
Go there (go there)
Wherever they are
It isn't there

the cow says…
(moooooooooooo…)

One thing I know
Is cows always know
Where to go when the milkman calls
You home

the cow says…
(moooooooooooo…)

They're always chewing on life's big questions
And laughing to themselves

the cow says…
(moooooooooooo…)