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Thread #164059   Message #3921584
Posted By: Lighter
02-May-18 - 08:45 AM
Thread Name: Gibb Sahib's New Book on Chanties
Subject: RE: Gibb Sahib's New Book on Chanties
This seems to be the earliest mention of "One More Day," for example.

Sung by a parrot. (Well, OK, in a sea story.):

        Rock and roll me over, one more day,
        One more day, my darling, one more day;
        Oh, rock and roll me over,
        One more day.

From "All the Year Round" (Oct. 1, 1864), p. 176.