Whistle, and she'll come to you.

Beaumont And Fletcher: Wit Without Money. Act iv. Sc. 4.

Oh whistle, and I 'll come to ye, my lad.

Robert Burns (1759-1796): Whistle, and I 'll come to ye.

Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant, so jolly,

Though winds blew great guns, still he 'd whistle and sing;

Jack loved his friend, and was true to his Molly,

And if honour gives greatness, was great as a king.

Charles Dibdin (1745-1814): The Sailor's Consolation.

As clear as a whistle.

John Byrom (1691-1763): Epistle to Lloyd. I.

Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam,

Where the shrill winds whistle free.

Charles Mackay (1814-1889): Some love to roam.

If I do prove her haggard,

Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings,

I 'ld whistle her off and let her down the wind,

To prey at fortune.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Othello. Act iii. Sc. 3.

He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack,

For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774): Retaliation. Line 107.

So was hire joly whistle wel ywette.

Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400): Canterbury Tales. The Reves Tale. Line 4153.