Mary from the Dairy 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 dairy and includes the lines "I don't do things by halves / I'll let you see my calves / and they're not the same shaped calves as Nellie Dean's." Sam
Max Miller (comedian) press notice described Max as the Cheeky Chappie, and the nickname stuck. Max and Kathleen formed a double act for a while but it became obvious to her that Max was the stronger performer and that he would be better as a solo act. Through the '20s, he was regularly touring in revues. In 1922 he was in a show presented by the Sydney Syndicate, "There You Are Then". In 1923 he toured with the Ernest Binn Arcadians. 1924 saw him joining a revue called "Crisps". But during that summer he returned to Jack Sheppard’s Concert Party on the Brighton