“Fifteen men on the dead man's chest —
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, book Treasure Island

Source: Treasure Island (1883), Ch. 1, The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral Benbow.
Context: Fifteen men on the dead man's chest —
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest —
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

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