The Masque Of Alfred: Act Iii: Rule Britannia
Jamie Macdougall, Jennifer Smith, Philharmonia Chorale, Nicholas Mcgegan, And Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
3:37Of all the girls that are so smart There's none like pretty Sally She is the darling of my heart And lives in our alley There's ne'er a lady in the land That's half so sweet as Sally She is the darling of my heart And lives in our alley Of all the days within the week I dearly love but one day And that's the day that comes between A Saturday and Monday For then I'm dressed all in my best To walk about with Sally She is the darling of my heart And lives in our alley When she is by I leave my work I love her so sincerely My master comes like any Turk And bangs me most severely But let him bang, he's barely fool I'll bear it all for Sally She is the darling of my heart And lives in our alley My master carries me to church And often am I blamed Because I leave him in a lurch As soon as text is named I leave the church in sermon-time And slink away to Sally She is the darling of my heart And lives in our alley My master and the neighbours all Make game of me and Sally And but for her I'd better be A slave and row a galley But when my servelong years are out Oh, then I'll marry Sally Oh, then we'll wed and then we'll bed But not in our alley