Database of Poems
Carson's Farewell to Aberdeen
1918: Representation of the People Act
Author: Anon
This poem appears in our anthology
Publication: The Premier
Published: 30 June 1908
Place of publication: Aberdeen, Scotland
Publication type: Newspaper/Periodical
Featured individuals:
Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928)
Edward Carson (1854-1935)
Alfred Milner (1854-1825)
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (1845-1927)
A full copy of this poem is available.
This poem has a set tune, and its title is:
Ae Fond Kiss.
Archive/Library: Aberdeen Central Library
Classmark(s): LC 050 AB3
Pages(s): 12-13
This poem appears in The Premier, an Aberdeen journal which campaigned to install Prime Minister Asquith as Rector of Aberdeen University. In this poem, which is set to the tune of Robert Burns's Ae Fond Kiss, Carson is portrayed as addressing his supporters, Unionists and Suffragettes, after losing the Rectorial election. Carson states that he regretted his candidature and Asquith is portrayed as 'too strong for me to fight with'.