According to Colcord's Roll and Go, Slav Ho originated as a capstan shanty along the deep anchorages of the West Coast of South America, though it appears to have come and gone with the guano trade. It comes from a sixteenth century German folk-song, "Es ritten drei Reiter zum Thore hinaus."
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To the Spanish Main we are bound away, Ch: Slav Ho! To the Spanish Main we are bound away, Ch: Slav Ho! We're sailing away in the early day, Where the swift bonitos and dolphins play! Ch: Slav Ho! Slavita, vraimen-ti-go slee-ga. Slav Ho!