“No matter how long and arduous the men have worked, or how cold and exhausted they have become, they are all jolly now, and, holding on to their prize, they while the minutes away, until the vessel arrives, by singing some of their favourite songs, such as:––

“Whiskey is the life of man,
        Whiskey––Johnny––
We'll drink whiskey while we can,
        Whiskey for my Johnny.
Whiskey knocked my old dad down,
        Whiskey––Johnny––
Whiskey cost me many a crown,
        Whiskey for my Johnny.”
[Our North Land: Being a Full Account of the Canadian Northwest and Hudson's Bay Route, Together with a Narrative of the Experiences of the Hudson's Bay Expedition of 1884, Tuttle, 1885]

Note: In the “Northern Whales and Whaling chapter. Also:
Johnny come down in a high low.
Blow the man down.

More Tuttle here: Origin: Johnny Come Down to Hilo