Lamentation of William Palmer.
[London] : Rial, Printer, Monmouth-court, 7 Dials,
[1856]
Dated from internal evidence - William Palmer, known as the Rugeley Poinsoner, was hanged outside Stafford gaol on 14 June 1856 for the murder of John Parsons Cook by poisoning. It is thought that William Palmer actually murdered many more people, including several of his own children, by poisoning.
First line reads: In Rugeley town I was born and reared.
In two columns with an illustration beneath the title.
"Air, - The nightingale".
Palmer, William, 1824-1856
Ballads, English
Executions and executioners
Poisoning
England London.