Henry Carey

  • God save our gracious king!
    Long live our noble king!
      God save the king!
    Send him victorious,
    Happy and glorious,
    Long to reign over us—
      God save the king!

    O Lord our God, arise!
    Scatter his enemies,
      And make them...

  • 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.
    There is no lady in the land
      Is half so sweet as Sally;
    She is the darling of my heart,
      And she lives in...

  • From “The Contrivances”

    GENTEEL in personage,
    Conduct, and equipage,
    Noble by heritage,
      Generous and free:
    Brave, not romantic;
    Learned, not pedantic;
    Frolic, not frantic;
      This must he be.
    Honor maintaining,
    ...