The "Hymn To Cheeses" as far as I know has no known author. The version above was printed in in a book originally called "The Prairie Home Companion Folk Song Book" by Marcia and Jon Pankake (1988). The same book was reprinted under the title "Joe's Got A Head Like A Ping Pong Ball". In the 1980's Garrison Keillor solicited contributions to his regular Department of Folk Song feature on his radio show (Greg Brown was the official or unofficial chairman of the department). People sent in lots of stuff that they remembered from their youth and the book is a collection of those songs.

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