Haynau's retreat.
[London] : Printed by E. Hodges, (late Pitt's) wholesale toy and marble warehouse, 31 Dudley Street, Seven Dials, where new songs are printed and published every week,
[1850]
Dated from internal evidence - this ballad concerns Baron Haynau, who, on a visit to London, narrowly escaped lynching due to his cruelty in supressing the reform movement in Hungary. He was recognized in the street by some draymen from a local brewery (Barclay & Perkin's) - information from the 'Times Digital Archive' in an article dated Thursday, Sep 12, 1850.
First line reads: A funny song, not very long.
In two columns with a woodcut above the first.
Ballads, English