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When I was a young lad, my parents had two or three goats as well as other farmyard animals. As a child I would play with these gentle creatures and often tried to imitate some of their behavior, like eating the tiny leaves of hedges alongside my chewing friends. The tune has nothing to do with this. I was a long time later that I learned it.
D3 | DGG FGA | BAG FED | GFD CB,C | DGG FGA | DGG FGA | BAG FED | GFD CB,C | DGG G2 D || DGG FGA | BAG FED | GFD CB,C | DGG FGA | DGG FGA | BAG FED | GFD CB,C | DGG G2 B || ded cBA | BAG FED | ded cBA | BAG ABc | ded cBA | BAG FED | GFD CB,C | DGG G2 B || ded cBA | BAG AFD | ded cBA | BAG ABc | d2 d cBA | BAG FED | GFD CB,C | DGG G2 B, || DGG FGA | BAG FED | GFD CB,C | DGG FGA | DGG FGA | BAG FED | GFD CB,C | DGG G2 D || DGG FGA | BAG FED | DGG FGA | DGB A2 B | DGG FGA | BAG FED | GFD CB,C | DGG G2 B || ded cBA | BAG AFD | ded cBA | BAG A3 | ded cBA | BAG FED | GFD CB,C | DGG GBc || ded cBA | BAG AFD | ded cBA | BAG AAA | ded cBA | BAG FED | GFD CB,C | DGG G3- |
