A New Humourous Medley, As it was performed on the Evening after the Proclamation of Peace (BM 1868,0808.4278)
Summary
A broadside satirising Lord Bute's role in government after the peace treaty with France signed in March 1763. An illustrations shows men in a tavern, four of whom are seated at a table. Verses beneath purport to express their views, in mock national accents, as a Scot, a Welshman, and Irishman and an Englishman: Sawney praises Bute; Taffy, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn; Paddy, Lord Carteret; and Will, William Pitt. The verses are to be sung to the following tunes: "The Flower of Edingburgh", "It was at Llantavre", "St Patrick's Day in the Morning", and "Which no Body can deny". Letterpress title and verses in two columns, and with one vertical segment of type ornament. ([London], Williams: [1763])
Tags
Date
1763
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain