Drunken Sailor

Words & Music:

Traditional

 

Am

What shall we do with a drunken sailor?

G

What shall we do with a drunken sailor?

Am

What shall we do with a drunken sailor?

G              Am

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!

 

¥  Keel haul him until he's sober.

¥  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.

¥ ÔCause, she looks like an orangutan,

¥  There she goes, swinging through the rigging,

 

Or make up your own!  The final verse should always be a reprise of the first verse with no chorus after it.




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