{"id":865,"date":"2008-09-23T19:59:31","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T03:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/?page_id=865"},"modified":"2018-05-02T15:58:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T20:58:46","slug":"sea-shanty-blow-the-man-down","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/sea-shanty-blow-the-man-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Shanty: &#8220;Blow the Man Down&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/center><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RZJz1eQ5DtY?rel=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>Traditional &#8211; Lyrics from <em>Songs of American Sailormen,<\/em> by Joanna Colcord<\/p>\n<p>Oh, blow the man down, bullies, blow the man down!<br \/>\n<em>To me way-aye, blow the man down.<\/em><br \/>\nOh, Blow the man down, bullies, blow him right down!<br \/>\n<em>Give me some time to blow the man down!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As I was a-walking down Paradise Street,<br \/>\n<em>To me way-aye, blow the man down.<\/em><br \/>\nA pretty young damsel I chanced for to meet.<br \/>\n<em>Give me some time to blow the man down!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She was round in the counter and bluff in the bow,<br \/>\nSo I took in all sail and cried &#8220;Way enough now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I hailed her in English, she answered me clear,<br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m from the Black Arrow bound to the Shakespeare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So I tailed her my flipper and took her in tow,<br \/>\nAnd yardarm to yardarm away we did go.<\/p>\n<p>But as we were going she said unto me,<br \/>\n&#8220;There&#8217;s a spanking full-rigger just ready for sea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That spanking full-rigger to New York was bound;<br \/>\nShe was very well manned and very well found.<\/p>\n<p>But soon as that packet was clear of the bar,<br \/>\nThe mate knocked me down with the end of a spar,<\/p>\n<p>And as soon as that packet was out on the sea,<br \/>\n`Twas devilish hard treatment of every degree.<\/p>\n<p>So I give you fair warning before we belay;<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t never take heed of what pretty girls say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditional &#8211; Lyrics from Songs of American Sailormen, by Joanna Colcord Oh, blow the man down, bullies, blow the man down! 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