Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . tural 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 dar
Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . tural 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 for Sally ;She is the darling of my heart. And she lives in our
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