A New song : concerning why and wherefore the Lord Provost called in the military.
[Edinburgh] : Published by R. Weston & Sons, No 1, South College Street, and 31, Lothian Street, - of whom may be had the University Maga,
[1838]
In one column.
A parody, in verse, on the snowball riot at Edinburgh University, 12 Jan. 1838.
Tune - "Black Joke".
Frosty old Fogo = Sir James Forrest of Comiston. bart., Lord Provost of Edinburgh at the time.
First lines read: Frosty old Fogo, our Provost so grand, / The greatest man living in all the land.
The copies at L.C.1259(12) and 1972.62(31) are variants which lack the imprint.
Riots
Scotland Edinburgh.