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Thread #24089   Message #272181
Posted By: GUEST,ajanus
05-Aug-00 - 11:51 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Chamber Lye / John Harloson's Saltpeter
Subject: A Curious Civil War Song
I'm trying to track down a Confederate song for a friend - he swears it truly exists. It seems that Southern women were asked to save their urine for the production of nitre, or saltpeter, and a song was composed about the situation. The song is said to be unabashedly bawdy and apparently describes the process quite graphically.

Ring any bells?

Allan Janus