“The two ships' officers stood watching the lighters off, waving their hats; and as the last, bearing Major June on board, plunged away, the sailors, headed by Old Jack, gathered upon the forecastle, and gave three brave hearty cheers; the band played

        “The bold soldier boy.”

and the next sound heard was the heave-ho! of the anchor, and the stout ship Aldebaran was homeward bound.”
[FACA: An Army Memoir, Willcox, 1858]
Orlando B. Willcox (1823 – 1902)


“Day began to break; the shores of the Frith became dimly visible; the Bass, like a fixed cloud, appeared on the distant horizon; it was more than half-tide; and, as he stood upon the pier, he heard the yo-heave-ho! of seamen proceeding from a smack which lay on the south side of the harbour, by the lowest bridge.”
[Wilson's Tales of the Borders, Wilson, Leighton, 1858]


“Night and day “yo heave ho” of the Jack Tars rang over the water; and the party on shore ran to and fro, from the beach to the store, with bales, kegs, barrels, and boxes, on their shoulders.”
[Ungava: A Tale of Esquimaux-land, Ballantyne, 1858]
R. M. Ballantyne (1825 - 1894)