Lines Read at a Dairymaids' Social, 1887

James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906



Where the young lady waiters were dressed as dairymaids.

Throughout the world they do extol
The fame of our town Ingersoll,
The capital of dairyland,
To-night it seems like fairy land,
The youth and beauty here arrayed,
So sweet and neat each dairymaid.

And worthy of a poet's theme,
Sweet and smooth flows milk and cream,
For song or glee what is fitter
In this land of cheese and butter,
But no young man should be afraid
To court a pretty dairymaid.

And far abroad he should not roam
But find a charmer here at home,
Find some one now your heart to chear,
Thus celebrate the jubilee year,
Remember long this ladies' aid
And each bewitching dairymaid.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme X XXAAAA BBCCAA DDCXAA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 643
Words 120
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 6, 6

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James McIntyre, minstrel performer, vaudeville and theatrical actor, and a partner in the famous blackface tramp comedy duo act McIntyre and Heath. more…

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