La vache qui pleure La vache qui pleure La vache qui pleure is the ninth album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, released in 2003. It is named after a prehistoric bas-relief (stone carving) near Djanet in the south of Algeria which is pictured on the album cover. Its title "La vache qui pleure" (French for "The crying cow") may also be a joke with the famous French cheese label "La vache qui rit" ("The laughing cow"). It is the sisters' second full album of French songs, following on from their 1980 album "Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse", while several of their other albums also
Île-à-Vache would think about his plan. But just one day later, on January 1, 1863, Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which contained not a single word about this or any other colonial plan. Disappointed, Kock moved to Washington. There, he managed to find some blacks who were interested in going to Haiti. Back in New York, he found three financiers who pledged $70,000 to his venture. On the basis of this pledge, Koch chartered the British ship the "Ocean Ranger" and with this ship he brought 500 people to Île-à-Vache on April 13, 1863. Some of his passengers became ill from