Carey, Henry 1687 - 10/04/1743

Henry Carey, (born c. 1687, England—died Oct. 4, 1743, London), English poet, playwright, and musician chiefly remembered for his ballads, especially “Sally in Our Alley,” which appeared in a collection of his best poems set to music, called The Musical Century (1737). Despite the popularity of his work, Carey suffered great poverty, largely because his plays and poems were widely pirated by unscrupulous printers.