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date: 15 May 2025

Henry Carey c.1687–1743
English comic dramatist and songwriter. See also Anonymous 

  1. 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.
     
    ‘Sally in our Alley’ (1729)