Give it up, guys. If "rolling king" had any established meaning, there'd be real evidence for it - examples of usage in the billions and billions of words available in books and newspapers online. But there's nothing. If anyone has found such an example outside of this shanty - and preferable before the 1950s - please, please post. Versions from old sailors and in early collections have "my bully, bully boys," not "you rolling kings."
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