Piper John, or Bottom's lament : A new song.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1834]
In one column with a woodcut above the title.
'Tune - Buxom Joan of Deptford'.
Dated from internal evidence - on the Parliamentary by-election for Leith of 1834. The ballad is urging constituents to vote for William Aitchison at the expense of John Archibald Murray or 'Bottom'.
First lines read: Old Leith and Portobello / Had once a snivelling fellow, / All in the parliament, sir, / Their cause to represent, sir, / Whose name was Piper John.
Murray, John Archibald Murray, Lord, 1778-1859
Aitchison, W. (William)
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