Leigh & Newdegate, or A pill for Spooner.
[Birmingham? : s.n.,
1847]
Dated from internal evidence - C. N. Newdegate and R. Spooner (both mentioned in the text of the ballad) were successful candidates in the 1847 general election for seats at Northern Warwickshire, W. H. Leigh was unsuccessful - information from 'British parliamentary election results. 1832-1885', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig, Dartmouth, Parliamentary Research Services, 1989.
First line reads: The polling time is coming on.
In two columns with a woodcut above the title.
Newdegate, Charles Newdigate, 1816-1887
Spooner, Richard, 1783-1864
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