by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Garlic, good garlic
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.
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Text 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), "Garlic, good garlic", from Cries of London, no. 4. [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: 9
Word count: 43