1899[1894]        Hains, T. Jenkins. _The Wind-jammers._ Philadelphia & Lond: J.B. Lippincott.

A work of fiction, ascribes the following verse to use at windlass:

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"A Bully sailed from Bristol town, 

Singing yo, ho, ho, oh, blow a man down; 

A Bully sailed, and made a tack, 

Hooray for the Yankee Jack, 

Waiting with his yard aback, 

Soo-aye! Hooray! Oh, knock a man down."
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Seems contrived.

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