An excellent new song to the tune of "Unfortunate Miss Bailey.".
[England? : s.n.,
ca. 1834?]
Dated from internal evidence - The song refers to Hobhouse, John Cam, Baron Broughton (1786-1869), politician, and the text mentions a bribery scandal - possibly the one referred to here - "On Melbourne's coming to power in July 1834 Hobhouse accepted the post of first commissioner of woods and forests. Melbourne's confidence in Hobhouse's loyalty may have been strengthened by his knowledge of the part he had played in discouraging Byron's elopement with Melbourne's late wife, Lady Caroline Lamb, on 29 July 1812. Melbourne and Hobhouse were often the sole guests at Buckingham Palace dinners. Hobhouse was returned for Nottingham at a by-election, also in July 1834. In 1841 he was accused of having won the by-election by bribery and intimidation (traditional approaches, without which campaigning in Nottingham would have been difficult) but was exonerated twice by select committee." - information from the Oxford DNB online.
First line reads: A Baronet bold, as I've been told.
In one column.
Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869
Ballads, English