SALLY WHEATLEY

The DT credits this to Alex Glasgow, though the entry includes "differing opinions" which identify the real writer of the song, Joe Wilson of Newcastle (c.1840-1874). There is plenty of documentation available, and attribution is not in doubt. Glasgow provided the tune generally used nowadays for the song, which was originally sung to The Happy Land of Air-in (i.e. The Happy Land of Erin, itself based on the American song The Happy Land of Canaan). Details at Tune Req: Sally Wheatley. So far as is known, Glasgow wrote the new tune himself, either because he was unable to identify the original one, or didn't like it; but he did not write the lyric.