Have you ever wondered where and how yodeling began?
>
> Many years ago a man was traveling through the mountains of
Switzerland.
>
> Nightfall was rapidly approaching and he had nowhere to sleep. He went
up
> to a farmhouse and asked the farmer if he could spend the night.
> The farmer told him that he could sleep in the barn
>
> As the story goes, the farmer's daughter asked her father, "Who is
that
> man going into the barn?"
>
> "That fellow traveling through," said the farmer. "needs a place to
stay
> for the night, so, I told him he could sleep in the barn."
>
> The daughter said, "Perhaps he is hungry." So she prepared him a plate
of
> food for him and then took it out to the barn.
>
> About an hour later, the daughter returned. Her clothing disheveled
and
> straw in her hair. Straight up to bed she went.
>
> The farmer's wife was very observant. She then suggested that perhaps
> the man was thirsty. So she fetched a bottle of wine, took it out to
the
> barn, and she too did not return for an hour. Her clothing was askew,
her
> blouse buttoned incorrectly. She also headed straight to bed.
>
> The next morning at sunrise the man in the barn got up and continued
on
> his journey, waving to the farmer as he left.
>
> When the daughter awoke and learned that the visitor was gone, she
broke
> into tears. "How could he leave without even saying goodbye," she
cried.
> "We made such passionate love last night!"
>
> "What?" shouted the father as he angrily ran out of the house looking
for
> the man, who by now was halfway up the mountain.
>
> The farmer screamed up at him, "I'm going to get you! You had sex with
my
> daughter!"
>
> The man looked back down from the mountainside, cupped his hand next
> to his mouth, and yelled out.....
>
> "LAIDTHEOLADEETOO"
>
> Many years ago a man was traveling through the mountains of
Switzerland.
>
> Nightfall was rapidly approaching and he had nowhere to sleep. He went
up
> to a farmhouse and asked the farmer if he could spend the night.
> The farmer told him that he could sleep in the barn
>
> As the story goes, the farmer's daughter asked her father, "Who is
that
> man going into the barn?"
>
> "That fellow traveling through," said the farmer. "needs a place to
stay
> for the night, so, I told him he could sleep in the barn."
>
> The daughter said, "Perhaps he is hungry." So she prepared him a plate
of
> food for him and then took it out to the barn.
>
> About an hour later, the daughter returned. Her clothing disheveled
and
> straw in her hair. Straight up to bed she went.
>
> The farmer's wife was very observant. She then suggested that perhaps
> the man was thirsty. So she fetched a bottle of wine, took it out to
the
> barn, and she too did not return for an hour. Her clothing was askew,
her
> blouse buttoned incorrectly. She also headed straight to bed.
>
> The next morning at sunrise the man in the barn got up and continued
on
> his journey, waving to the farmer as he left.
>
> When the daughter awoke and learned that the visitor was gone, she
broke
> into tears. "How could he leave without even saying goodbye," she
cried.
> "We made such passionate love last night!"
>
> "What?" shouted the father as he angrily ran out of the house looking
for
> the man, who by now was halfway up the mountain.
>
> The farmer screamed up at him, "I'm going to get you! You had sex with
my
> daughter!"
>
> The man looked back down from the mountainside, cupped his hand next
> to his mouth, and yelled out.....
>
> "LAIDTHEOLADEETOO"