Carey

Carey, HENRY, poet and musician, is believed to have been an illegitimate son of George Savile, Marquis of Halifax. The date of his birth is unknown, but his first volume of poems, published in 1713, was produced when he was very young. He wrote innumerable songs, witty poems, burlesques, occasional pieces, farces, and dramatic pieces, sometimes composing the accompanying music. He published over 200 works in all. His best-known poem is 'Sally in our Alley'; there seems no sufficient ground for attributing 'God save the King' to him, as is often done. He died suddenly, by his own hand apparently, in 1743.