Many people have the impression that the Lord Mayor of London is the
greatest man in this kingdom. There is a line or two in an old song
relating to a lover who did not like to pop the question to his girl.
He said:--
"If I were a Lord Mayor,
A Marquis or an Earl,
Blowed if I wouldn't marry
Old Brown's girl."
That represents a great deal of the feeling in this country about the
magnificence of the position of the Lord Mayor of London.
_Newport Conservative Meeting,
July 25th, 1901._