Details of
Perth's Mammoth Cheese
by Same Latitude As Rome


Lyrics Writer: Peter Boyer
Music Writer: Peter Boyer

Publisher: Self
Licensing: SOCAN


Lyrics

Perth’s Mammoth Cheese
Music and lyrics by Peter Boyer
1. It shone like a beacon of National pride
2 meters high and 8 meters wide
Dignitaries basked in the honour and prestige 
Just to stand beside, the world’s biggest cheese

CHORUS: 
Add the rennet, make the curds
Drain the whey, keep them stirred
Salt them while they’re warm
And press them in a form
That’s how cheddar’s made
11 tons was what it weighed
When the world came to see
Perth’s Mammoth Cheese

1. It was made here in Canada, in Perth along the Tay
For the world’s fair in Chicago, from best milk and whey
Every cow from miles around, was milked by hand with care
And Perth’s mammoth cheese, was soon known everywhere

2. The cheese was shipped like royalty, on a special railway car
And folks all cheered to see it pass, from near and far
On to Chicago, to be proudly displayed
But it fell right through the floor, on the very first day 

3. Perth had lots of dairies then but now none remain
And fresh curds are a pleasure that’s hard to find today 
Yeah, times are different now, and can’t be compared
To the days of 1893 at the world’s fair

MUSICIANS

PETER BOYER: Acoustic Guitar,, Harmonica
JK GULLEY: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin
MATT LIMA: Acoustic Bass
TOMAS BOUDA: Acoustic Bass
GARY KRELLER: Accordion
MARK MARIASH: Drums, percussion
SEAN MCCANN: Bodhran
ROLY PLATT: Harmonica on Blue Shelby Mustang
DALE RIVARD: Dobro

VOCALS
PETER BOYER: Lead
SEAN MCCANN: Special guest on Stay The Course
JK GULLEY, GARY KRELLER, BOBBY NICHOLAS, ROBERT NOECKER AND MIKE NOLLERT:
Background Vocals

SONGWRITERS
All songs written by Peter Boyer with co-writers as noted below. SOCAN
With Dan Loncke: Lost Patrol
With Bart Lavis: Ol Beater Trucks
With Christine Boyer: Old Guys With Guitars

ENGINEERING & PRODUCTION
JOHN K. GULLEY: PRODUCER, MIXING, MASTERING
ALL songs recorded, mixed and mastered at Blue Gull Studios, Waterloo, ON

CD ART
JULIE GELINAS: Design and Art Direction

Acknowledgments and Thanks
To Anne Lise for her love and support, to JK for his limitless musicality, to Sean McCann for his spirit of positivity, to the players who brought the songs to life with their talent, to Canadian Folk radio, university radio and community radio DJs who choose to share our stories with their program audiences and to Same Latitude As Rome fans across Canada who reach out to us with their own stories- Please continue to do so!