O come ye fair maidens
And sample my wares
I trave the villages
the towns and the faires
I've treacle and chestnuts
And silks from Hong Kong
And dandy old gingerbread
nine inches long!

From Donald O'Donovan's 2010 novel The Sugarhouse: A Novella

See online here:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Sugarhouse_A_Novella_plus_four_novel/P4GArnpXAkcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22ginger+bread+nine+inches%22+OR+%22gingerbread+nine++inches%22&pg=PT7&printsec=frontcover