One Mint Julep Ertegun spelled backwards. The story line is a classic one of a man who falls for the charms of a young woman only to realize a few years later that he has a ring on his finger. He remembers that it all started with "One Mint Julep." The last verse outlines the trap. This is one of many popular R&B drinking songs to come out of the 1940s and 1950s. It was the first of several successful up-tempo drinking songs by Toombs, who went on to write and compose "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" for Amos Milburn, "Fat Back
Liberty of the Mint for development, mainly of the highest density and poorest quality; the area became a rookery of slums. The 1550 charter's exemption from the City's control of the neighbouring manor created a separate jurisdiction, the "Liberty of the Mint". "The Mint" therefore, became an Alsatia (so called after the area of Whitefriars), a haunt of criminals and fugitives. Such anomalous districts attracted particular denizens, and the Mint's primary population was debtors. Those in danger of being thrown into debtors' prison could hide in the Mint. Once there, debtors risked arrest if they were found outside of its boundary. Debt collectors (known