Epitaph on Sally Salisbury - Smith, John Stafford

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"This catch gained a Catch Club prize medal in 1773. Sally Salisbury was a renowned prostitute in the first two decades of the eighteenth century; the revealed text adds to the risqué nature of the text."

⌛ Period → Classical ◈ Genre → Glees ♬ Voicing → TTTT ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 5

CPDL # 66063

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2021-10-04

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¶Lyrics / Text

Here, on her back but unactive at last, Poor Sally lies under grim death; Thro' the course of her vices she gallop'd so fast; No wonder she's now out of breath. To the goal of her pleasure she drove very hard, But was tripp'd up e'er half-way she ran. And tho' ev'ryone fancied her life was a yard, Yet it prov'd to be less than a span.