Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake lyrics

As I sat in my window last evening
A letter was brought round to me
A little gilt-edged invitation sayin'
"Gilhooley come over to tea"
Each Christmas the Fogarties sent it
So I went just for old friendships sake
And the first thing they gave me to tackle
Was a slice of Miss Fogarty's cake

Chorus:
And there were plums and prunes and cherries
There were citrons and raisins and cinnamon too
There was nuts and cloves and berries
And a crust that was nailed on with glue
There were caraway seeds in abundance
Sure if I'd work up a fine stomach ache
That would kill a man twice after eating a slice
Of Miss Fogarty's Christmas cake.

Miss Mulligan wanted to try it
But really it wasn't no use
For we worked on it over an hour
But a piece of it wouldn't come loose
Till Halley came in with the hatchet
And Murphy came in with the saw
But Miss Fogarty's cake had the power
For to paralyze any man's jaws

Chorus:

Miss Fogarty proud as a peacock
Kept smiling and talking away
Till she tripped over Flanagans brogans
And spilt the potcheen in her tea
Aye Gilhooley she says you're not eatin
Try a little bit more of me cake
"Oh no Mrs Fogarty" said I
Any more and me stomach would break

Chorus:

Maloney was sick with the colic
O'Donnell a pain in his head
McNulty lay down on the sofa
And he swore that he wished he was dead
Miss Bailey went into hysterics
And there she did wriggle and shake
And all of us swore we were poisoned
From eating Miss Fogarty's cake

Chorus:
And there were plums and prunes and cherries
There were citrons and raisins and cinnamon too
There was nuts and cloves and berries
And a crust that was nailed on with glue
There were caraway seeds in abundance
Sure if I'd work up a fine stomach ache
That would kill a man twice after eating a slice
Of Miss Fogarty's Christmas cake

Yes it would kill a man twice after eating a slice
Of Miss Fogarty's Christmas cake