“The Rich Wedding Cake”
Description
The singer is offered a piece of cake. In it are "insides of old concertinas," flute keys, trout hooks...." They "blow a spot off of the side" with a cannon. When he bites into it "my tooth crumbled off on a button Of a trouser rolled up on the waist."
Cross references
- cf. "Trinity Cake" (Theme: an inedible cake)
References
- Peacock, pp. 92-93, "The Rich Wedding Cake" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #6467
- BI, Pea092