Way back in the sixties, man, someone I knew had an album from Folkways (I think) of Scandinavian music, which included a cow call.

The notes explained that the cattle of this Scandinavian country were so well trained that one needed only to go to the door of one's cottage and make the call, with the introductory "Hoop-de-hooo" cry, followed by the name of the field, and the cattle would proceed into the correct field on request.

Having grown up in Ireland to see cattle drovers sending herds of calm-eyed girls on their way with a sharp thump to their withers from a knobby ashplant, the idea of actual communication with the cows charmed me. And the call was beautiful.

Now I can't find the album. Help, someone?

I know that somewhere among the Mudcat there's someone with walls lined with ancient albums who can reach out, say "Ah, yes" and produce this record without so much as a pause for thought.