From The Library of Congress American Memory Collection -

FOGARTY'S FANCY BALL
Words, Frank R. Scott. Music, Leopold B. Cohen. 1885.

1. Oh, Fogarty gave a fancy ball.
You bet I was on hand.
We cavorted at the fiddler's call
To music of the band.
I rigged myself up in my best
Like any gintleman,
In a pea-green coat and low-cut vest
On the deckcolletty plan.

CHORUS: I was there, dressed wid care, the best garments in the store.
In the whirl, my best girl took a tumble upon the floor;
Dancing round, up and down, till I thought I'd surely fall.
Oh, what style! I should smile when at Fogarty's fancy ball.

2. Miss Kelly went as Buttercup
She'd seen in Pinafore.
A big nagur tripped the creature up
And spilt her on the floor.
Long Mike and little skinny Tim
Were two Siamese twins.
They were so awful thin and slim,
They looked like two clothespins.

3. You can bet there was a scrumptious spread
That took us by surprise.
We never thought at all of bed
Till sun was in the sky.
Timmy Riley made a rattlin' speech.
Maloney sang a song.
It sounded like a peacock's screech
Or a smashed-up Chinese gong.

4. When first I came into the hall,
It took my breath away,
An' me frinds I couldn't tell at all,
They'd dressed in such a way.
Maloney as Othello went
Wid blacking on his face.
His pants were big, wid rooms to rent.
For a hotel there was place.