Oh here I am a weeping nurse discharged for my misconduct.
[London] : Paul, printer, 18, Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials,
[1842]
Dated from internal evidence - this ballad concerns Mary Anne Brough, wet nurse to the Prince of Wales who was dismissed for drunkenness. She later went on to murder her six children.
First line reads: You ladies through great Britain.
In two columns.
Tune: The cunning cobler.
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Alcoholism
Ballads, English
Nurses