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Yep, the Civil War-era lyrics to the song "Soldier's Joy" make a reference to morphine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier%27s_Joy_(fiddle_tune)

Huh. I was gonna say I thought the Civil War predated morphine, but then I looked it up and it was discovered and packaged/sold a few decades before the war started. TIL

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