A sighting in Australian waters:

"The Age" (Sydney) (Apr. 23, 1889). Aboard HMVS Cerberus:

"One brawny seaman especially won applause with a rolling shanty, of which only the refrain could be distinguished:

It's all through the grog, the jolly, jolly grog,
It's all through the grog and the 'baccy.
I've spent all my tin with the girls drinking gin,
And it's all through the grog and the 'baccy.

"And every man of the ship's company took up the chorus, without a thought of the unconscious satire of the words."