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Thread #128220   Message #3095498
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
15-Feb-11 - 03:09 AM
Thread Name: The Advent and Development of Chanties
Subject: RE: The Advent and Development of Chanties
1903        Rideout, Henry Milner. "Wild Justice." The Atlantic Monthly 92(552) (Oct. 1903): 496-

Story in which BLOW THE MAN DOWN is quoted, outside of any functional or maritime context, as:

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"Wey, hey, blow a man down.
An' they all shipped fer sailors aboard the
Black Ball. Oh give the wind time fer to blow a man down."
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