Photo by Andrew Shaughnessy The Swiss Cowbells.
What a beautiful sound the Swiss cowbell
That echos in the Alps,
The Matterhorn; the pyramidal peak
Still challenges the brave.
The hiking trails where families go
On a Sunday afternoons,
The iron cowbells on leather straps
Are as old as time itself
In that peaceful land of Chocolate Mouse
And Bank Accounts.
With a copper cowbell in your bag
That sound will ne’er be lost.
I wonder if a cow bell would help if you were lost in the wilderness, assuming someone is looking for you.
We had a cow who wore a big bell and for sure you could hear her coming.
Yes. That what they are for. But in Switzerland they seem to use more than anywhere I have been. Where the land is flatter I think the sound gets lost. I don’t know but as Julie Andrews sang in the Sound of Music “The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Music. “
Love the juxtaposition of these two images:
The Matterhorn; the pyramidal peak
Still challenges the brave.
The hiking trails where families go
On a Sunday afternoons,
Thanks.
The image encapsulated to my sojourn there.
Wonderful imagery–thanks!