Sally of our alley — Sally in our alley

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- [colophon]

Sally of our Alley.

OF all the girls in our town

There's none like pretty Sally,

She is the darling of my heart;

And lives in our alley:

There's ne'er a lady in the land

Is half so sweet as Sally,

She is the darling of my heart,

And lives in our alley.

Her father he makes cabbage nets,

And in the streets does cry them,

Her mother she sells laces long,

To all who chuse to buy them;

But sure such folks could ne'er beget

So sweet a girl as Sally,

She is the darling, &c.

When Sally's 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 belly full,

I'll bear it all for Sally, she is, &c.

Of all the days that's in the week,

I dearly love but one day,

And that's the day that comes between

A Saturday and Monday:

O then I'm drest in all my best,

To walk abroad with Sally, she is, &c.

My master carries me to church,

And often I am blamed,

Because I leave him in the lurch,

As soon as text is named:

I leave the church in sermon time,

And slink away to Sally, she is, &c.

When Christmas comes about again,

O then I shall have money,

I'll hoard it up, and box and all,

I'll give it to my Sally,

And would it were a thousand pounds,

I'd give it all to Sally, she is, &c.

My master and the neighbours all

Make game of me and Sally,

And but for her I'd better be

A slave, and row a galley;

But when my seven long years are out,

O then I'll marry Sally,

O then we'll wed, and then we'll bed,

But not in our alley.

Printed and sold by J DAVENPORT, No. 6, Little Chatherine-street, Strand, London.

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Sally of our alley

Sally in our alley

Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743.

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http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/5493

ID [isbn10]

1106024923

ID [isbn13]

9781106024923

ID [TCP]

K131924.000

ID [BIBNO]

CW3316204565

ID [ECLL]

1087800800

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— Sally of our alley, Sally in our alley, Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743.. 1 sheet ; 1/4⁰. [London] :: Printed and sold by J Davenport, London,. [1795?]. [Anonymous. By Henry Carey.] [A slip-song - "Of all the girls in our town".] [Reproduction of original from the British Library.] [English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT224811.] [Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the microfilm version produced in Woodbridge, CT by Research Publications, 1982-2002 (later known as Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of the Gale Group).]

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