The white flag: or, Boney done over.
[North Shields] : J. K. Pollock, printer, North Shields,
[1814]
Dated from internal evidence - this ballad concerns the defeat of Napoleon, probably in 1814 before the battle of Waterloo, as the ballad mentions the crowning of Louis XVIII.
First line reads: Great news, brother Britons, our joy freely share.
In one column with a coat of arms above the title.
Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Ballads, English
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815