Drunken Sailor

Drunken Sailor

Traditional

What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
Ear-lye in the mornin'?

CHORUS:

Way, hey, an' up she rises!

Way, hey, an' up she rises!

Way, hey, an' up she rises!

Ear-lye in the morning.

Put him in the longboat 'til he's sober.
Put him in the longboat 'til he's sober.
Put him in the longboat 'til he's sober.
Earl-eye in the morning.

CHORUS

Now, pick and chose amongst the many verses of this song which you would like to sing!
• Keep him there and make him bail 'er.
• Give him a dose of salt and water.
• Shave his belly with a rusty razor.
• Trice him up in a runnin' bowline.
• Tie him to the taffrail when she's yard-arm under.
• Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him.
• Take 'im and shake 'im and try an' wake 'im.
• Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end.
• Stick on 'is back a mustard plaster.
• Soak 'im in oil till he sprouts a flipper.
• Put him in the guard room till he gets sober.
• Put him in bed with the captain's daughter.
• ‘Cause, she looks like an orangutan,
• There she goes, swinging through the rigging,

THE FINAL VERSE SHOULD ALWAYS BE A REPRISE OF VERSE ONE WITH NO CHORUS AFTER IT!