The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #8395 Message #2693497
Posted By: Lighter
04-Aug-09 - 10:48 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Salvation Army/Throw a Nickel on the Drum
Subject: RE: Origins: Salvation Army/Throw a Nickel on the Drum
"Put a nickel on the drum, save another drunken bum!" couldn't have been sung seriously by anybody. IMO.
I doubt the Salvation Army ever officially referred to the unfortunate as "drunken bums."