Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . M iP HENRY CAREY. 1700—1743. This is one of the prettiest and most natural of English lovesongs. Carey had been watching an apprentice and his betrothedin Vauxhall, enjoying their cakes and ale—he came home andwrote this song. After a wild career, this mad genius destroyedhimself at his house in Cold Bath Fields. SALLY IN OUR ALLEY. Of all the girls that are so smart. Theres none like pretty Sally ;She is the darling of my heart, iVnd she lives in our
Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . M iP HENRY CAREY. 1700—1743. This is one of the prettiest and most natural of English lovesongs. Carey had been watching an apprentice and his betrothedin Vauxhall, enjoying their cakes and ale—he came home andwrote this song. After a wild career, this mad genius destroyedhimself at his house in Cold Bath Fields. SALLY IN OUR ALLEY. Of all the girls that are so smart. Theres none like pretty Sally ;She is the darling of my heart, iVnd she lives in our is no lady in the land Is half so sweet as Sally ;She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley. Her father he makes cabbage-nets And through the streets does cry emHer mother she sells laces long To such as please to buy em:But sure such folks could neer beget So sweet a girl as Sally!She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley. When she is by, I leave my work, I love her so sincerely ;My master comes like any Turk, And bangs me most severely,—But let him bang his bellyful, Ill bear it all f
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