The weeping Scotchman out of place.
[London] : John Marks, printer, 206, Brick Lane, Whitechapel,
[1855]
Air: Villikins and his Dinah.
Dated from internal evidence - this ballad is concerned with the resignation of Aberdeen as prime minister, Aberdeen resigned on 30 January, 1855, after a House of Commons vote of no confidence on 29 January which was precipitated by the defection of Lord John Russell - information from the 'Oxford Dictionary of National Biography' online.
First line reads: I am an old man who has long served the Queen.
In two columns.
Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855
Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860
Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878
Ballads, English
Crimean War, 1853-1856