The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #49738   Message #4010112
Posted By: Lighter
23-Sep-19 - 07:28 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Blow the Man Down
Subject: RE: Origins: Blow the Man Down
Mark Twain, “The Great Dark” (prob. 1898):

“And now the plaintive notes that told that the men were handling the kites:
                
                If you get there before I do—
                    Hi–ho-o-o, roll a man down!
                If you get there before I do—
                    Oh, give a man time to roll a man down!”