 When this occurs during a violent storm, the result is almost always a loss of the ship, however there are techniques for righting the vessel in relatively calm positions (cutting free the sails and rigging dragging in the water).Contemporary publications and the memories of individuals, in later publications, put the existence of this shanty by the 1860s.The "Syracuse Daily Courier", July 1867, quoted a lyric from the song, which was said to be used for hauling halyards on a steamship bound from New York to Glasgow.