Henry Carey Quotes

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Of all the days that's in the week
I dearly love but one day,
And that's the day that comes betwixt
A Saturday and Monday.

Henry Carey

As an actor does his part,
So the nurses get by heart
Namby-pamby's little rhymes,
Little jingle, little chimes.

Henry Carey

His cogitative faculties immersed
In cogibundity of cogitation.

Henry Carey

Of all the girls that are so smart
There's none like pretty Sally,
She is the darling of my heart,
And she lives in our alley.

Henry Carey

Let the singing singers
With vocal voices, most vociferous,
In sweet vociferation out-vociferize
Even sound itself.

Henry Carey

Aldeborontiphoscophornio!
Where left you Chrononhotonthologos?

Henry Carey

Genteel in personage,
Conduct, and equipage;
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free.

Henry Carey

God save our gracious king!
Long live our noble king!
God save the king!

Henry Carey

Let your little verses flow
Gently, sweetly, row by row;
Let the verse the subject fit,
Little subject, little wit.

Henry Carey

Go call a coach, and let a coach be called;
And let the man who calleth be the caller;
And in his calling let him nothing call
But Coach! Coach! Coach! Oh for a coach, ye gods!

Henry Carey

To thee, and gentle Rigdom Funnidos,
Our gratulations flow in streams unbounded.

Henry Carey

Henry Carey

Henry Carey

Born: August 27, 1687

Died: October 5, 1743 (aged 56)

Bio: Henry Carey was an English poet, dramatist and song-writer. He is remembered as an anti-Walpolean satirist and also as a patriot. Several of his melodies continue to be sung today, and he was widely praised in the generation after his death.

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