The row in the council-chambers.
[Edinburgh] : Published by W. & H. Robinson, 11 Greenside Street,
[1842]
Dated from internal evidence - two satirical songs on Sir James Forrest, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, who was not in time to receive Queen Victoria on her arrival at that city in 1842.
The ballads are printed side by side and were probably intended to be cut and sold separately.
The row in the council-chambers - first lines read: Come one and all, around me throng.
The row in the council-chambers - Air: "King of the Cannibal Islands.
The provost's nap - first lines read: "Up in the morning's no' for me.
The provost's nap - Tune: "Up in the mornin' early".
Forrest, James, Sir, 1780-1860
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Ballads, English
Royal visitors
Scotland Edinburgh.