Austria , Graz, capital province of Styria.
I met a accordion player of exceptional standard. Johann played on a traditional, fully handcrafted accordion made from local fir. Such instruments are rare, just as Johann himself.
I have not come across such player throughout my life. In this song he performs for me he sings about his girlfriend : ' My girlfriend is the cow maid '.
However simple this may sound, it has a special meaning. In Austria 's alpine pastures local girls are as pretty as can be. Perhaps a number of reasons may contribute to this fact, the fresh, clear mountain air may be one of them, naturally grown food another.
Exercise is not a strange word to those girls Johann refers to. They move with their cattle up the mountains for a whole day, each day during the summer season.
Enjoy watching : ' My girlfriend is the cow maid ' - by Johann ( John)
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Bye for now
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Johann , accordion player