The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #49738 Message #4010441
Posted By: Lighter
25-Sep-19 - 10:11 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Blow the Man Down
Subject: RE: Origins: Blow the Man Down
Arthur Morrison, "Johnny," in The Living Age (Oct. 7, 1899):
I'm a flying-fish sailor straight home from Hong-Kong--
Aye! Aye! Blow the man down!
Blow the man down bully, blow the man down--
O give us some time to blow the man down!
Ye're a dirty Black-Baller just in from New York--
Aye! Aye! Blow the man down!
Blow the man down, bully, blow the man down--
O give us some time to blow the man down! …
Blow the man down bully, blow the man down--
Aye! Aye! Blow the man down--
Singapore Harbor to gay London town !
O give us some time to blow the man down !