by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Language: English
Garlic, good garlic the best of all the cries. It is the physic 'gainst all the maladies. It is my chiefest wealth, good garlic for the cry. And if you lose your health my garlic then come buy, my garlic come to buy.
Composition:
- Set to music by Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003), no title, from Cries of London, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, well-known phrases of vendors on the streets of old London.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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