"yo-ho-ho : A cry associated with pirates and seafaring, originally a repetitive chant intended to..."

“yo-ho-ho : A cry associated with pirates and seafaring, originally a repetitive chant intended to synchronize workers performing some collective physical labour, such as hauling on a rope.
Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, a parodic holiday invented in 1995 by John Baur (‘Ol’ Chumbucket’) and Mark Summers (‘Cap’n Slappy’), of Albany, Oregon, USA.”

- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yo-ho-ho#English

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