"Hog Eye" in a shipboard setting, in fiction. Note the early date.

“Tricks That Are in Vain.” The Portland Daily Press [Portland ME], 5 September 1874: 4.

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The good captain was in high glee over the result of his morning’s work, and as a relief to his feelings invited Jake [Pendergrast, the mate] down to another interview with the case bottle in the cabin, after which he broke forth into song in these words, (and no tune in particular):

“Oh, a hog-eye ship and a hog-eye crew,
And a hog-eye mate and a captain too,
Oh, a railroad nigger and a hog-eye ma-a-a-n,
All you want is a hog eye man.”

        This sentimental ballad he accompanied by a wild and uncouth dance of his own invention, and Mr. Pendergrast, catching the enthusiasm of the hour, joined in the chorus and patted his leg and stamped his foot to assist his superior officer in marking the time.
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