Miss Fogartys Christmas Cake Lyrics

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 giltedged 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