Sorry for the crazy spacing above.
Correct version:

1875 Rutland [Vt.] Daily Globe (Oct. 14):

Give me some time to blow the man down;
I will blow the man down with a big iron club
Give me some time to blow the man down.
Ho Ho Hi Ho Ho
Blow the man down, blow the man down.

I'll blow the man down and pay the fine;
I will blow the man down with a big iron club,
Give me some time to blow the man down.
Ho, Ho, etc.


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And I might have added:

1867 Syracuse (N.Y.) Daily Courier (July 25):

“GLASGOW, Scotland, July 12th, ’67. … [Steamer Caledonia, Anchor Line, N.Y. to Glasgow] In hauling up the sails, the sailors sang to a wild old Boreas air – this impromptu verse, which they varied indefinitely:

                Blow away – blow a man down,
                A bonnie good mate and a captain too,
                A bonnie good ship and a bonnie good crew,
                Give me some time to blow a man down.

                                CHORUS.

                Away, away, blow a man down.”


1882 in Arlin Turner, George W. Cable: A Biography (Duke U. P., 1956) "Hey, Yea, Roll a Man Down."


1884 North American Review (May):

I strained my ears to catch the words, and during a lull they came, clear and distinct, a volume of sound like a flood:

                'O, O, roll a man down!'


1885 Forest and Stream (May 28):

The song is commonly known as 'Roll the Man Down' or 'Blow the man Down,' but we have preferred the original version, 'Roll the Main Down,' as it is the mainsheet shantey [sic] used in hauling in the sheet.