Blow the Man Down is a sea shanty. The lyric "Blow the man down" may refer to the act of knocking a man to the ground.
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Famous quotes containing the words blow the, blow and/or man:
“Many hammer all over the wall and believe that with each blow they hit the nail on the head.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“The sea’s vast depths lie open to the fish;
Wherever the breezes blow the bird may fly;
So to the brave man every land’s a home.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“A man may have no bad habits and have worse.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)