Sotheby sate
sweating
behind her;
But what are all these to the Lay
Of Gally i.
Byron
]
[107] [From an autograph MS. in the possession of Mr. Murray, now for
the first time printed. For stanzas 3, 4, 6, see _Letters_, 1900, iv.
219, 220. For stanzas 1, 2, 3 of "Another Simple Ballat. To the tune of
Tally i.o. the Grinder" (probably a variant of Dibdin's song, "The
Grinders, or more Grist to the Mill"), _vide ibid._, pp. 220, 221.]
ANOTHER SIMPLE BALLAT.
1.
MRS. WILMOT sate scribbling a play,
Mr.
Sotheby sate
sweating
behind her;
But what are all these to the Lay
Of Gally i.
o. the Grinder?
Gally i.o. i.o., etc.
2.
I bought me some books tother day,
And sent them down stairs to the binder;
But the Pastry Cook carried away
My Gally i.o. the Grinder.
Gally i.o. i.o.
