Daniel C. Beard, "Tom, Dick & Harry on the Coast of Maine," St. Nicholas Magazine (Aug., 1888), p. 76:
      
                A stands for anchor, that hangs at our bows,
                         Yo ho, blow the man down.

P. 77:       The whale makes a flail of the end of his tail,
                           Yo ho, blow the man down,
                While the shark on a lark makes the dog-fishes bark,
                         Oh, give us more time to blow the man down.