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Lyr. Add: TRINITY CAKE (Trad. Newfoundland)
1. As I leaned o'er the rail of the Eagle The letter boy brought unto me A little gilt-edged invitation Saying the girls want you over to tea. Sure I knew the O'Hooligans sent it And I went just for old friendship's sake And the first thing they gave me to tackle Was a slice of the Trinity Cake. 2. There were bird calls, flutes and mouth organs, With bundles of double edged files, Covers of clergymen's forgers, And pieces of broken bass voiles. Blue lights and petticoat jumpers That would build up a fine stomach ache For 'twould kill a man twice, after eating a slice Of this wonderful Trinity Cake. 3. Mrs. Hooligan, proud as a peacock, Kept smiling and blinking away While her daughter, Johanna, a spinster, Was helping the boys to the tay. There was everything on the table That a man or a woman could take And my eyes nearly burst from their sockets For a taste of the Trinity Cake. 4. Ellen Reardigan wanted to taste it And she struggled near ready to bust Two sealers attacked it with hand-spikes To try to remove the top crust. Then McCarthy went out for a hatchet And Flannigan grabbed an old saw The cake was enough by the powers To paralyze any man's jaw. 5. McCarthy complained of his stomach And Morgan felt bad in the head And Hogan crawled near the melodion And fervently wished he was dead; And Flannigan grabbed the accordion And there he did wiggle and shake And all of them swore they were poisoned or more From eating this wonderful cake. 6. There were glass eyes, bull's eyes and fresh butter Lamp wicks and liniment too Pastry as hard as a shutter That a billy'goat's jaw couldn't chew; Tobacco and whiskers of crackies That would give you the fever and ache You'd crack off from the knees if you happened to sneeze After eating the Trinity Cake.
The Seventh Edition of Newfoundland Songs, nd, Compliments of Bennett Brewing Company Limited, p. 23. Words from Gerald S. Doyle Ltd. "The Gerald S. Doyle Song Book."