Sweetly solemn see them stand, br Spinning churns on either hand, br Neatly capped and aproned white br Airy fairy dairy sight. br Jersey priestesses they seem br Miracling milk to cream. br Cream solidifies to cheese br By Pasteural mysteries, br And they give, within their shrine, br Their communión in kine. br Incantations pure they mutter br O'er the golden minted butter br And (no layman hand can pen it) br See them gloat above their rennet. br By that hillside window pane br Rugged teamsters draw the rein. br Doff the battered hat and bow br To these acolytes of cow. br Genuflect, ye passersby! br Muse upon their ritual high- br Milk to cream, yea, cream to cheese br White lacteal mysteries! br Let adorers sing the word br Of the smoothly flowing curd. br Yea, we sing with bells and fife br This is the whey, this is the Life.