This song if from the American Civil War 1861 - 1865. Another from that time is 'goober peas' (a name for fresh peanuts) My eighth-grade history teacher also taugh chorus and he introduced us to early American music, Stephen Foster et. al., all the way to PP&M folk music; an invaluable gift. The Beatles and Rock n Roll had not reached our rural are in SE LA. Thank you for uploading.