The Following spirited stanzas indicate so admirably, the universal feeling, throughout the Lothians, anent Gaffer Gladdie's latest laughable fiasco, that they cannot be too widely circulated..
Busk, Hans,1815-1882.
[Edinburgh? : s.n.
1880]
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Satirical broadside, dated Edinburgh, 12 January, 1880. It relates to Gladstone's Midlothian campaign of 1879-1880, with an illustration of Gladstone standing on a carriage addressing a crowd, waving a piece of paper. A drummer/one-man-band is standing nearby with "Midlothian balderdash and humbug" on his drum. The illustration is captioned "A bill, dishonoured in England, seeking acceptance in Scotland".
Broadside contains the words of an anti-Gladstone ballad in Scots to be sung to the tune of "John Anderson my Jo."
Opening line of ballad: When first ye cam' to Lothian.
Attributed to Hans Busk, the younger.
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898