Sally in Our Alley (song) explained

"Sally in Our Alley" is a traditional English song, originally written by Henry Carey in 1725. 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

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

Ludwig van Beethoven- 25 Scottish Folksongs Op 108 no 25

Frank Bridge (1916)- arrangement for string orchestra

Benjamin Britten

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

Notes and References

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