I always heard that verce around Connecticut to go " 25 cents for the morphine 15 cents for the beer,25 cents for the morphine, gona DRAG me away from here." depressing EH
    On a side note We found a nice copy of Soldiers Joy in the copy book of one Morris Woodruff a music student at the Litchfield female acadamy dated 1803. so the tune was popular enough to be copied from popular dance tunes of the day in Litchfield Connecticut . Very popular and early in New England.It seems lots of tunes of that era Popular in New England were of Scotish origin. All the best Guy