John Bull & his ally.
[London] : Rial & Co., printers, Monmouth Court, 7 Dials,
[1858]
Dated from internal evidence - this ballad is probably concerned with the assassination attempt on Napoleon III on 14th Jan, 1858.
First line reads: John Bull is kept under some say, and forlorn.
In two columns with an illustration beneath the title.
Tune: Vilikins and his Dinah.
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873
Attempted assassination
Ballads, English