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Thread #63522   Message #1032177
Posted By: GUEST,Wes F.
08-Oct-03 - 11:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: 'The Bonepicker's Song'?
Subject: Lyr Req: 'The Bonepicker's Song'?
Can someone help me with this? A friend of mine is INSISTING that there's a song out there, most probably of Scottish origin, called "The Bonepicker's Song" or "The Bonepickers", but I've never been able to find it. He says that it's about these people who go to battlefields after the fighting and pick up the bones of dead English soldiers, grind them up, and sell the bone dust back to English gentlemen to be used in powdering their wigs. The story intrigued me so much that I've exsausted myself trying to find this song, to no avail. Please help if anyone knows of a site where it could be found. There should be one out there I've missed! ;-)
Thanks so much,
Wes F.