Marengo is just awesome. I mean, if your human boss was an emperor and you were a darling of the horse world, you would get everywhere a media-savvy horse darling could get, too. Including petty human vocalizations.

This is a cogent point, I just think it's hilarious. [edit] I realize it also suggests the song is old enough that your sailor might know it.

(I have noticed many of these songs are not accommodating of an AFAB person's right to bodily autonomy, had you noticed?)

One likes to think that Sally and her sisters were equally into the narrator, but yes, there is a lot of dude in this tradition.