by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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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  • 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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Word count: 106