Miss Fogartys Christmas Cake

Name - Miss Fogartys Christmas Cake Band - The Irish Rovers Album - Songs Of Christmas - 1999 Genre - Irish music Lyrics As I sat in my window last evening The letter was brought round to me A little gilt-edged invitation sayin’ Gilhooley come over to tea Each Christmas, the Fogartys’ 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 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 Such that work up a fine stomach ache That could 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 in it over an hour But a piece of it wouldn’t come loose Till Kelly came in with