Mrs Murphy gave a party 'bout a week ago Everything was plentiful, well the Murphys their not slow, They treated us like gentlemen, we tried to act the same, Only for what happened, sure it was an awful shame, Mrs Murphy dished the chowder out and fainted on the spot, She found a pair of overalls at the bottom of the pot, Tim Nolan he got ripping mad, his eyes were bulging out, He jumped up on the piano and loudly he did shout
CH. Who threw the overalls in Mrs Murphy's chowder Nobody spoke so he shouted all the louder It's an Irish trick thats true and I'll lick the Mick that threw The overalls in Mrs Murphy's chowder.
There were, I think , two more verses, and the punch line was :- She'd had 'em in the wash last night, forgot to take them out!