What'll we do with a drunken sailor?

Jeff Asbury

Principal Partner
What'll we do with a drunken sailor,
What'll we do with a drunken sailor,
What'll we do with a drunken sailor,
Earl-aye in the morning?

Chorus:
Way hay and up she rises
Patent blocks o' different sizes,
Way hay and up she rises*Earl-aye in the morning

Verses:
1. Sling him in the long boat till he's sober,
2. Keep him there and make 'im bale 'er.
3. Pull out the plug and wet him all over,
4. Take 'im and shake 'im, try an' wake 'im.
5. Trice him up in a runnin' bowline.
6. Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end.
7. Give 'im a dose of salt and water.
8. Stick on 'is back a mustard plaster.
9. Shave his belly with a rusty razor.
10. Send him up the crow's nest till he falls down,
11. Tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under,
12. Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him.
13. Soak 'im in oil till he sprouts flippers.
14. Put him in the guard room till he's sober.
15. Put him in bed with the captain's daughter*).
16. Take the Baby and call it Bo'sun.
17. Turn him over and drive him windward.
18. Put him in the scuffs until the horse bites on him.
19. Heave him by the leg and with a rung console him.
20. That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor.
*) A relative of the cat-o-nine-tails
 

Chris Miller

Sustaining Member
ooooohhhh, my liver hurts already...

We're leaving Sunday for a week long cruise with a bunch of our race buddies. 5 boats in all. I'll ask my wife to answer your question when we get back :D . My liver has been a bad boy and needs to be punished:wife:
Chris
 

Jeff Asbury

Principal Partner
I was hoping that some of you Skippers might have more verses. This song is wide open to make up more verses. The occasional Drunken Sailor might be OK as long as he's not a Drunken Skipper.
:cheers: :jollyroge :headb: :0305_coff :baby:
Look forward to your answer Chris.
 

u079721

Contributing Partner
Here are the words that I have in my collection. I think a few of these are differenent from yours:


Drunken Sailor

[Dm] What shall we do with a drunken sailor
[C] What shall we do with a drunken sailor
[Dm] What shall we do with a drunken sailor
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus:
[Dm] Way hay and up she rises
[C] Way hay and up she rises
[Dm] Way hay and up she rises
[Dm] Earl-eye [C] in the [Dm] morning
Put him in a long-boat till he's sober (X3)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Pull out the plug and wet him all over (X3)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Put him in the bilge and make him drink it (X3)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Shave his belly with a rusty razor (X3)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Heave him by the leg with a running bowline (X3)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Keel haul him until he gets sober. (X3)
Earl-eye in the morning!
That's what we do with the drunken sailor (X3)
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
 

dwigle

Member III
It's getting kind of dated, which dates me, but my favorite has always been

Put him in charge of an Exxon tanker.

Don Wigle
Wiggle Room
E38 #8
Pt Richmond, CA
 

HGSail

Member III
Maybe it's the Californian in me or just my general distain for the oil companies, But I like that one. LOL

Pat
E29
'73
#224
Holy Guacamole
 
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