Sally in Our Alley

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Song TitleSally in Our Alley (Search)
Composer(s):Ludwig van Beethoven
Author(s):Henry Carey
Keyword(s) & Features: Admiration; Adoration; Affection; Alleys; Cabbage; Christmas; Churches; Comparisons; Darling; Exists in Composer-sanctioned Translation; Fathers; Gifts; Girls; Hearts; Honey; Lace; Ladies; Love; Marrying; Masters; Monday; Money; Mothers; Neighbors; Parents; Pretty; Sally; Saturday; Selling; Slaves; Smart; Strength Through Love; Sweet; Teasing
First LineOf all the girls that are so smart/Von allen Mädchen glatt und schön (Search)
Average Duration3:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1817 (Search)
Larger Work25 Schottische Lieder (London/Edinburgh 1818, Berlin 1822) (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a8/IMSLP53078-PMLP98037-Beethoven_Werke_Breitkopf_Serie_24_No_257_Op_108.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/2jsg9bPawQLeJRAiiFmVtQ?si=CwPgC_C7Tqa6qcaEUVyfLg
Catalog DesignationOp. 108, No. 25 (Search)
Complete Edition ReferenceBeethoven Werke (Henle, 1994-2014) 11/1, 133 (Search)
Range: D4 - G5 (Search)
Original KeyA Major (Search)
NotesPoet was the patron of William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men (Search)
Other instrumentation and voice(1818) Voice, Violin, Violoncello, Piano. (1822 includes Flute) (Search)
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