Huzza for reform and the garland of green! : A new song.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1832]
In one column with a woodcut above the title and another at the foot of the sheet.
Relating to the campaign in Edinburgh for election to the first reformed House of Commons, in 1832. Francis Jeffrey and James Abercromby were both elected to Parliament, James Aytoun withdrew from the contest.
Tune - Sprig of Shillelah.
First lines read: Let them boast of the Shamrock, the Thistle and Rose, / I sing of what's fairer than any of those - / Of the cause of Reform and the Garland of Green.
Dated at the foot of the sheet in ink - '7 July 1832'.
Aytoun, James 1797-1881
Jeffrey, Francis Jeffrey, Lord, 1773-1850
Dunfermline, James Abercromby, Baron, 1776-1858
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