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Thread #113763   Message #4065853
Posted By: Joe Offer
25-Jul-20 - 09:38 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)
Anybody know anything about this one?

GRANDMA'S KILLER FRUITCAKE

verse 1:
The holidays were upon us
And things were going fine
‘til the day I heard the doorbell
And a chill ran up my spine
I grabbed the wife and children
As the postman wheeled it in
A yearly Christmas nightmare
Has just come back again

Chorus:
It was harder than the head of Uncle Bucky
Heavy as the sermon of Preacher Lucky
One’s enough to give the whole state of Kentucky
A great big bellyache!
It was denser than a drove of barnyard turkeys
Tougher than a truckload of all-beef jerky
Drier than a drought in Albuquerque
Grandma’s killer fruitcake!

Verse 2:
Now, I’ve had to swallow some marginal fare
At our family feasts
I even downed Aunt Dolly’s possum pie
Just to keep the family peace
I winced at Wilma’s gizzard mousse
But said it tasted fine
But that lethal weapon that Grandma bakes
Is where I draw the line

Chorus

Bridge:
It’s early Christmas morning and the phone rings us awake
“It’s Grandma, Pa, she wants to know, how did we like the cake?”
“Well, Grandma… I never!… We couldn’t!… Unbelievable, that’s for sure!
What’s that you say? Oh, no, Grandma! Please don’t send us more!”

Chorus


https://www.grubstreet.com/2008/12/national_grandmas_killer_fruit.html