Ally Croaker (Harriett Abrams)
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General Information
Title: Ally Croaker
Composer: Harriett Abrams
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 2vv Voicings: SS or TT
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
First published: c.1795
Description: Abrams' harmonization of a traditional song of Irish, or mock-Irish origin.
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Original text and translations
English text
There lived a man in Ballenocrazy
Who wanted a wife to make him uneasy;
Long had he sigh'd for dear Ally Croaker,
And thus this gentle youth bespoke her:
"Will you marry me, dear Ally Croaker?"
This artless young man, just come from the scholary,
A novice in love and all its foolery,
Too dull for a wit, too grave for a joker;
And thus this gentle youth bespoke her:
"Will you marry me, dear Ally Croaker?"
To all you young men who are fond of gaming,
Who are spending your money whilst others are saving,
Fortune's a jilt, the de'il may choke her;
A jilt more inconstant than dear Ally Croaker,
O th'inconstant Ally Croaker.