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Thread #113763 Message #4110707
Posted By: Felipa
19-Jun-21 - 04:51 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake (C F Horn)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake (C F Horn)
From ITMA link given by Frank Ryan is just a bit different from the sheet music held by the Library Congress and already posted
Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake
As I sat at my table one evening The letterman brought unto me A come fetch invitation Saying Gilhooley come over for tea Sure I knew the Fogartys sent it So I went for old times sake And the first thing they give me to tackle Was a slice of Miss Fogarty's cake
There was plums and prunes and cherries There was citrus and raisins and cinnamon too There was nutmeg cloves and berries And a crust that was ladled with glue There were caraway seeds in abundance It would build up a fine stomach ache It would kill a man twice after eating a slice Of Miss Fogarty's Christmas cake
Miss Fogarty wanted to taste it But really it wasn't no use They worked at it over an hour They couldn't work none of it loose Till Dunphy come in with a hatchet And Murphy come in with a saw That cake was enough be the powers To paralyse any man's jaw
There was plums and prunes and cherries There was citrus and raisins and cinnamon too There was nutmeg cloves and berries And a crust that was ladled with glue There were caraway seeds in abundance It would build up a fine stomach ache It would kill a man twice after eating a slice Of Miss Fogarty's Christmas cake
Miss Fogarty sat proud as a peacock Staring and blinking away Till she tripped over Lafferty’s brogues And she spilt the special brew in her tea Gilhooley she cried you're not eating Try a little bit more for my sake No thank you Miss Fogarty says I But I'd like the recipe for that cake
There was plums and prunes and cherries There was citrus and raisins and cinnamon too There was nutmeg cloves and berries And a crust that was ladled with glue There were caraway seeds in abundance It would build up a fine stomach ache It would kill a man twice after eating a slice Of Miss Fogarty's Christmas cake