Praise of a Dairy, The

DESCRIPTION: "In praise o a dairy I purpose to sing, But all things in order, first, God save the King." Eve was the first dairy-maid. Milk and honey existed before there was money. Milk is important in many excellent foods
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1877 (Bell-Combined-EarlyBallads-CustomsBalladsSongsPeasantryEngland)
KEYWORDS: food nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Bell-Combined-EarlyBallads-CustomsBalladsSongsPeasantryEngland, pp. 444-446, "In Praise of a Dairy" (1 text)
ST BeCo444 (Partial)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Packington's Pound" (tune) and references there
File: BeCo444

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