Again the plot thickens. The Library of Brown University contains a broadside published in Boston, apparently by William Rutter, which consists of two songs, one called "The Wonders" (first line: "Your laughter I'll try to provoke"), and the other "Peggy [not 'Maggie'] Gordon" (first line: "Sweet Peggy Gordon you are my darling").

The unconfirmed date is reckoned as "1829-34." The Bodleian has several copies of "The Wonders" under the title of "The Hole in the Ballad." As "The Cabinet of Wonders," it has been attributed to Charles Dibdin (died 1814) and to "Charles Dibdin, Jr." Thus the "1829-24" date for the broadside seems quite plausible.