by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Come (buy/ some
Language: English
Come (buy some old cry to me) Come some go up street some go down I sell old clothes and if you lose your health my garlic then come buy Cry (some go up go own) Money (to me) Penny (come buy me old cries) Come buy some go up street some go down old clothes to sell garlic good garlic my garlic then come buy if I had as much money as I could tell I never would cry old clothes to sell some go up street some go down Down these are the cries of London town Some (some go . . .)
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, well-known phrases of vendors on the streets of old London. [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003), "Come buy some old", from Cries of London, no. 7. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 34
Word count: 106