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Ein schönes neues lustiges Weltliches Lied/ genannt der Küh-Reihen : In einer angenehmen und lustigen Melodey zu singen, zu Ergötzung des Weidmanns und jungen Gesellen

1750 · [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] · 1 picture

A German broadside song sheet, the Küh-Reihen or cow-call song, published around 1750 with the publisher unidentified, meant to be sung for the amusement of herdsmen and young journeymen. The single picture is a black woodcut of a horned bull or ox in profile, with bold hatched shading and a curling tail, offering a designer a rustic, folk-print vocabulary of hatching and bold silhouette.

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