ho-o-y

Updated: May 16, 2025

The second mate holds on to the main top-gallant sail until a heavy sea is shipped, and washes over the forecastle as though the whole ocean had come aboard; when a noise further aft shows that that sail, too, is taking in. After this, the ship is more easy for a time; two bells are struck, and we try to get a little sleep. By-and-by, bang, bang, bang, on the scuttle "All ha-a-ands, a ho-o-y!"

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast