Mary from the Dairy The sheet music was published in 1950. Miller sang the song playing the character ‘’Harry Hawkins’’ in the feature film "Hoots Mon!" released in 1940. Official Max Miller website : Mary from the Dairy Mary From the Dairy is a comic song made famous by British comedian Max Miller, The Cheeky Chappie, in the 1930s and 1940s. With words by Max Miller, Sam Kern & James Walsh and music by Sam Kern, it became Miller's signature tune, played by the orchestra when he walked on stage. It was a mildly risqué song about Max Miller falling for Mary from the
Cheeky Weekly letter pages. Any reader who had their letter printed received £2 and a "Friend of Cheeky" badge. The "Joke-Box Jury" page gave the readers a chance to send in jokes, with a prize of £2 if their joke was published. For the first "Whoopee!" merged issue, "Cheeky" had the middle 16 pages (half the comic). Cheeky himself had 4 pages. "Six Million Dollar Gran", renamed "Robot Granny" had 2 pages. "Calculator Kid" had 1 page. "Stage School" also had 2 pages. "Paddywack" had half a page. The letters page was renamed "Whoopee Chit-Chat" and usually occupied one and a half