The gaffer regrets

The gaffer regrets he’s unable to lunch today, madame,
The gaffer regrets he’s unable to lunch today.
He is sorry to be delayed,
But did you see the way the national team played,
Madame?
The gaffer regrets he’s unable to lunch today.

When he woke up and found that the Cypriots were one up, madame,
He tried to avert a most embarrassing display,
But the longer the match went on,
It was clear that the gaffer was gone,
Madame.
The gaffer regrets he’s unable to lunch today.

Well the mob came along and dragged him from Croke Park, madame,
And strung him up on the old willow across the way.
And John Delaney redefined what’s meant
By the phrase “by mutual consent,”
Madame,
The gaffer regrets he’s unable to lunch today.