The battle of Balfron : The circumstances which gave rise to the following song, are simply these :-On the morning of the 8th of March. 1859, the inhabitants of Balfron, were apprehensive of riotous proceedings by the navvies employed at the Glasgow Water Works, who had visited the town in great numbers. A detachment of military was telegraphed for from Stirling, butbefore their arrival, about 11 o'clock forenoon, the navvies had decamped and left the town. The song is the production of Mr William Sinclair of Stirling. Copies can only be had,  in the Poet's Box, 6 St Andrew's Lane, Glasgow.
[Glasgow] : Poet's Box, 6 St Andrew's Lane, Glasgow,
[1859]
First line reads: High glory to the old Black Watch, & dauntless Seventy-One / And glory to the Ninety-Two, who have such laurels won. / And honour to the illustrious few who bravely led them on, / To the deathless & the bloodless field of the battle of Balfron.
At the foot of the sheet - 'Saturday morning, May 7, 1859'.
'Price one penny'.
In one column.
Ballads, English
Riots