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"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 ...
Carey was, after Namby Pamby, a well-known figure among those opposed to Robert Walpole, and the poem had been praised by Alexander Pope (as "Sally in our Alley" had been by Joseph Addison). Carey was an admirer and subscriber to the operas of Handel , but, like John Gay and Alexander Pope, thought that the operatic stars were absurd.
The film incorporated Fields' hugely popular signature song, Sally, itself a reference to Henry Carey's 1725 song, Sally in Our Alley, which had long been a traditional English country dance. It included the first use of the Dunning Process in Britain. [3] The film took £100,000 at the box office, [4] establishing Fields as a national film star.
Sally in Our Alley may refer to: "Sally in Our Alley" (song), a 1725 song by Henry Carey; Sally in Our Alley, a 1902 Broadway musical comedy; Sally in Our Alley, a British silent film directed by Laurence Trimble; Sally in Our Alley, an American silent film directed by Walter Lang; Sally in Our Alley, a British film directed by Maurice Elvey
"Sally in Our Alley" w.m. Henry Carey. The music played today is an earlier traditional tune. The music played today is an earlier traditional tune. Theoretical publications
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Henry Carey, Poems on Several Occasions, including "Sally in our Alley", and "Namby-Pamby", written to ridicule Ambrose Philips [1] Samuel Croxall, An original canto of Spencer: design'd as part of his Faerie Queene, but never printed (political satire) [2] Abel Evans, Vertumnus [1]