Some in the playhouse like to row, Some with the Watch to battle, Exchanging many a midnight blow To Music of the Rattle. Some folks like rowing on the Thames, Some rowing in an Alley, But all the Row my fancy claims Is _rowing_--of my _Gally_. _April_ 11, 1818.[107] FOOTNOTES: [103] [For Fop's Alley, see _Poetical Works_, 1898, i. 410, _note_ 2.] [104] [H. Gally Knight (1786-1846) was at Cambridge with Byron.] [105] [William Upton was the author of _Poems on Several Occasions_, 1788, and of the _Words of the most Favourite Songs, Duets, etc._, sung at the Royal Amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge, etc. In the dedication to Mrs. Astley he speaks of himself as the author of the _Black Cattle_, _Fair Rosamond_, etc. He has also been credited with the words of James Hook's famous song, _A Lass of Richmond Hill_, but this has been disputed. (See _Notes and Queries_, 1878, Series V. vol. ix. p. 495.)] [106] [Compare-- "Th' unloaded camel, pacing slow. Crops the rough herbage or the tamarisk spray." _Alashtar_ (by H.G. Knight), 1817, Canto I, stanza viii, lines 5, 6.] [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., etc. 3. I wanted to kindle my taper, And called to the Maid to remind her; And what should she bring me for paper But Gally i.o. the Grinder. Gally i.o. i.o., etc. 4. Among my researches for EASE I went where one's certain to find her: The first thing by her throne that one sees Is Gally i.o. the Grinder. Gally i.o. i.o., etc. 5. Away with old Homer the blind-- I'll show you a poet that's blinder: You may see him whene'er you've a mind In Gally i.o. the Grinder. Gally i.o. i.o., etc. 6. Blindfold he runs groping for fame, And hardly knows where he will find her: She don't seem to take to the name Of Gally i.o. the Grinder. Gally i.o. i.o., etc. 7.