“The tune the old cow died of”
by Pacôme Béru & Yann Leguay

A field-performance realized on june the 20, 2009 at 4:43 am , near by :
50° 14′ 24.05″ n 4° 53′ 31.22″ e (East-Belgium).

A listening session for cows, played on a simple turntable and removable loudspeaker taking place in a pastoral landscape reminding the old flemish paintings. The title comes from the vernon & burn’s record, played during the performance, which is also an english expression taken from an old rhyme :
“there was an old man, and he had an old cow,
but he had no fodder to give her,
so he took up his fiddle and played her the tune –
`consider, good cow, consider,
this isn’t the time for the grass to grow.
consider, good cow, consider.”
An advice instead of relief; remonstrance instead of help. as St. James says (ii. 15, 16) : “if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say to them, depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?” your words are : the tune the old cow died of.

See also: http://www.phonotopy.org/tune.html