New recording of a song supporting candidate Henry Rawlinson in the Liverpool election of 1780. Set to the drinking tune 'Push about the Jorum', the song calls on "ye lads who wish to poll" to go to the Talbot, one of the inns associated with Rawlinson's campaign.
A Song. To the Tune of, "Push about the Jorum", in A Collection of Papers, Addresses, Songs, &c. Printed on All Sides, During the Contest for Representatives in Parliament for the Borough of Liverpool, Between Bamber Gascoyne, Jun. Richard Pennant, and Henry Rawlinson, Esquires, which Began on Tuesday, September 12, and Ended September the 16th, 1780. To which is Annexed, An Alphabetical List of the Poll; As also the Names of the Gentlemen who have Represented this Corporation in Parliament, from the Year 1660, to the Present Time (Liverpool: T. Johnson, 1780), pp. 78-79
Copyright Nancy Kerr (2022)
