Poetry Friday: Cheese Roll Call

CHEESE ROLL CALL
Lyrics by Paul Rugg.

Sung to Semper Fidelis by John Philip Sousa.

Pinky: A world of cheeses
     Deliciously made for you and me
     Flavors like Provolone and Brie
     Each with its own ethnicity.
     So many cheeses
     Are available all around the world for you to eat
     Especially good with crackers and meat
     A nice yummy treat.

     Thousands of cheeses
     The texture of some can be real gooey
     Others are quite firm and chewy
     Some are better when mildewy.
     Bountiful cheeses
     When you take a big whiff a few
     Will make you want to spew
     Especially strong is the cheese Remoudou
     A real stinkeroo.

     It's incredible just how many kinds there are
     From countries near and far
     It's really quite bizarre.
     Now from the mouths of cheeses big and small
     We proudly present to you
     The cheese roll call.

*Wensleydale: I am the British cheese Wensleydale, lightly
*             pressed and smooth textured with a subtle
*             milky flavor which is clean and refreshing.
*
*Pinky: Welcome, Wensleydale!
*
*Cheddam: G'day! I am Australian Cheddam, an
*         innocuous, golden yellow, rindless block
*         inspired by Cheddar and Edam!
*
*Pinky: Welcome, Cheddam!

Edelpilzkäse: I am the German cheese Edelpilzkäse, a fine,
            blue-veined cheese with a pale ivory paste
            and very dark veins traveling vertically
            through me.

Pinky: Welcome, Edelpil... Edel... oh, willkommen!

+Brie: I am the French cheese Brie, a soft,
+      unpressed, naturally drained cow's milk with
+      white rind flora, molded into large flat disks
+      and ripened for three to four weeks.

Pinky: Thank you, cheeses!  I want to eat you all!

Pinky: Oh, how I like my cheeses
     Cheese from around the world
     Cheese is the taste that pleases
     Cheese from around the world (sing with me, cheeses!)

+some: Oh, how I like my cheeses
     Cheese from around the world (everybody!)
+all : Cheese is the taste that pleases
     Cheese from around the world

     Around this great big world
     Around this big cheese world
     Around this great big world
     Around this big -- cheese -- world!

Pinky: Mmm... yummy! Narf!

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