When he was done, I took the floor with the hornpipe, whistling the air, and double-shuffling, toe-and-heeling, and quivering from one leg to another very briskly.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
He was desired to dance a hornpipe or sing a sea-song.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
I wish I was a boy myself, that I might go to sea, and pull, and haul, and dance a hornpipe.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston