Sally in Our Alley (song)

"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. 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, in which she sang a different song named "Sally".

Lyrics

The song has seven verses, the first of which is:

Arrangements

Ludwig van Beethoven- 25 Scottish Folksongs Op 108 no 25

Frank Bridge (1916)- arrangement for string orchestra

Benjamin Britten

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