"Sally in Our Alley" is a traditional English song, originally written by
Henry Carey Henry Carey may refer to:
*Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (1526–1596), politician, general, and potential illegitimate son of Henry VIII
*Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover (1580–1666), English peer
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in 1725. It became a standard of British popular music over the following century. The expression also entered popular usage, giving its name to a 1902
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musical and several films including ''
Sally in Our Alley'', the 1931 screen debut of
Gracie Fields
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Lyrics
The song has 7 verses. The first of which is
''Of all the girls that are so smart''
'' There 's none like pretty Sally;''
''She is the darling of my heart,''
'' And she lives in our alley.''
''There 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.''
References
Bibliography
* Helen Kendrick Johnson. ''Our Familiar Songs and Those who Made Them: Three Hundred Standard Songs of the English-speaking Race, Arranged with Piano Accompaniment, and Preceded by Sketches of the Writers and Histories of Their Songs, Volume 1''. H. Holt, 1881.
External links
* Sally in Our Alley ·performed by Benjamin Britten (piano) and Peter Pears (tenor) in 1964, Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnBRlJP-GfY
British songs
1725 songs
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