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Sally in Our Alley (song)

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An 1886 illustration of the song.

"Sally in Our Alley" is a traditional English song, originally written by Henry Carey in 1725.[citation needed] It became a standard of British popular music over the following century.[1] The expression also entered popular usage, giving its name to a 1902 Broadway musical and several films including Sally in Our Alley, the 1931 screen debut of Gracie Fields.

Lyrics

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The song has seven 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.[2]

Arrangements

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Ludwig van Beethoven- 25 Scottish Folksongs Op 108 no 25

Frank Bridge (1916)- arrangement for string orchestra

Benjamin Britten

References

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  1. ^ Johnson p.369
  2. ^ "444. Sally in our Alley. Henry Carey. The Oxford Book of English Verse". www.bartleby.com. Retrieved 2021-08-26.

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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