BLOW THE MAN DOWN     

       A ROMANCE OF THE COAST     

  

       By Holman Day     

  

       Copyright, 1916, by Harper & Brothers     

   

       TO MY GOOD FRIEND     

       Captain John W. Christie     

                            BRITISH MASTER MARINER WHO HAS SUNG ALL THE SHANTIES AND HAS SAILED ALL THE SEAS 

   

   

      “O, blow the man down, bullies, blow the man down! Way-ay, blow the man down. O, blow the man down in Liverpool town! Give me some time to blow the man down.”               —Old Shanty of the Atlantic Packet Ships. 

   

   

CONTENTS

BLOW THE MAN DOWN

I ~ CAPTAIN BOYD MAYO GETS OUT OF SOUNDINGS

II ~ THEN CAPTAIN MAYO SEES SHOALS

III ~ THE TAVERN OF THE SEAS

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