Answer for the Whigs : To the clamerous song on them.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1832]
In two columns with a woodcut above each.
Two ballads.
Concerning the campaign for election to the first reformed House of Commons. The election took place in December 1832, Francis Jeffrey and James Abercromby were the successful candidates. James Aytoun had earlier withdrawn from the contest.
A new Whig garland - Tune - A begging we will go.
Answer for the Whigs - first lines read: In truth, good sir, we gladly hear, / Good honest Ayton's praise; / But much we marvel at your jeer / On Whigs of our own days.
A new Whig garland - first lines read: I am a freeman, tight and sound, / Of Edinbro's good town, / For trade and lads of honest heart, / A place of high renown.
A new Whig garland - signed at the foot - 'C. M'K.'.
Aytoun, James 1797-1881
Jeffrey, Francis Jeffrey, Lord, 1773-1850
Dunfermline, James Abercromby, Baron, 1776-1858
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