HENRY CAREY BIOGRAPHY
HENRY CAREY BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
CAREY, HENRY ( d. 1743). —Dramatist and song-writer, was believed to be an illegitimate s. of George Savile, Marquis of Halifax. He wrote innumerable burlesques, farces, songs, etc., often with his own music, including Chrononhotonthologos (1734), a burlesque on the mouthing plays of the day, and The Dragon of Wantley (1744?). His poem, Namby Pamby , in ridicule of Ambrose Phillips ( q.v. ), added a word to the language, and his Sally in our Alley is one of our best-known songs. God Save the King was also claimed for him, but apparently without reason.