Cardinal Wiseman.
[London] : Birt, Prinret [sic], 39, Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials,
[1850]
Dated from internal evidence - this ballad condemns Cardinal Wiseman and his attempts to introduce new Catholic dioceses in some of the newly industrialized cities such as Birmingham and Liverpool. This led to riots and the burning of effigies of the Pope and Cardinals on Guy Fawkes night 1850.
First line reads: Good people pray listen, I'll tell you a joke.
In two columns with a woodcut beneath the title.
Pius IX, Pope, 1792-1878
Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick, 1802-1865
Catholic Church
Ballads, English