Hare Gerry, Hare gerry, geRrY, gErrY, hare, hare......

Kinda sings!  I like it!

Maybe that was what Krishna was...... a "figurative" cowherd man...... the "cows" were his followers.  Given the definition in your post, that isn't as much of a stretch as one might think

Assuming he really ever existed, of course.