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Fertile Lands and Mammoth Cheese

by James McIntyre

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In barren district you may meet Small fertile spot doth grow fine wheat, There you may find the choicest fruits, And great, round, smooth and solid roots.
But in conditions such as these You cannot make a mammoth cheese, Which will weigh eight thousand pounds, But where large fertile farms abounds.
Big cheese is synonymous name, With fertile district of the Thame, Here dairy system’s understood, And they are made both large and good.

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