Returning to the high road, here is a transcription of the REAL original lyrics— lord knows where Sigmund Spaeth got his somewhat corrupted version.
KAFOOZLEUM Words by S. Oxon. Arr'd by F. Blume. [Tempo marking:] Merrioso ma non too mucho.
[1] In ancient days there liv'd a Turk, A horrid man far in the East, Who did the Prophet's holy work, As *Babah of Jerusalem! He had a daughter sweet and smirk, Complexion fair and dark blue hair, With nought about her like a Turk, Except the name **Kafoozleum.
[Chorus, marked "with feeling"; it is to follow every verse] Oh, Ka-foozle-um! Ka-foozle-um! Ka-foozle-um! Oh, Ka-foozle-um! The daughter of the Babah. [Repeat; the first time forte, the second, fortissimo]
[2] A youth resided near to she, His name was Same; a perfect lamb. He was of ancient pedigree, And came from old Methusalem. He drove a trade and prosper'd well, In skins of cats, and ancient hats; And ringing at the Ba-ba's bell, He saw and loved Kafoozleum!
[3] If Sam had been a Mussulman, He might have sold the Ba-bah old, And with a verse of Alcoran Have managed to bamboozle him; But oh dear no: he tried to scheme--Pass'd one night late, the area gate, And stole up to the Turk's hareem, To carry off Ka-foozle-um.
[4] The Baba was about a smoke; His slaves rushed in with horrid din_ "Mashallah! dogs your house have broke; Come down, my lord, and toozle 'em!" The Baba wreathed his face in smiles, Came down the stair and witnessed there The gentleman in three old tiles, A kissing of Ka-foozle-um!
[5] The pious Baba said no more Than twenty prayers, but went up stairs. And took a bow string from a drawer And came back to Ka-foozle-um. The maiden and the youth he took, And choked em both, and little, loth Together pitched 'em in the brook of Kedron, Near Jerusalem.
[6] And still, the ancient legend goes, When day is gone from Lebanon, And when the Eastern moonlight throws A shadow on Jerusalem, Between the wailing of the cats A sound there falls from ruined walls_ A ghost is seen with three old hats, A kissing of Ka-foozle-um.
[Footnotes] * An office abolished since the publication of this Song. ** meaning "the light-of-my-soul-and-invigorating-nervine-essence."
Source: Sheet music in the Levy, dated 1866. Cover says: The Great Comic Songs of Ka-foozle-um Played and sun Everywhere. Imprint: New York, Frederick Blume, 209 Bowery Stamped: Henry McCaffrey. Music publisher. The cover pictures three wide monochrome vignettes: The young man wooing K, as he kneels outside her window The slaves informing the Baba The lovers kissing as the Baba approaches with his scimitar
Listing of the great comic songs (available from the same publisher): Ka-foozle-um. The Jersey Lovers. [by Eugene T. Johnson] Advice to Persons about to Marry. [by Harry Clifton] Have You Seen Her Lately? Matilda Toots. My Mother in Law. [by Harry Clifton]
From the cover title and song listing, I conclude that Ka-foozle-um was a stage persona for some comic, probably American, who took the (transgender?) alias from this song. My top candidate would be Billy Morris, who sang "Matilda Toots" and ripped off a number of songs from Harry Clifton.