Song 23 in Ukulele for Beginners
Drunken Sailor
Also known as: What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?, Early in the Morning
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All the words
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor
Early in the morning?
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises
Early in the morning.Put him in the long-boat until he's sober. (thrice)
Pull out the plug and wet him all over. (thrice)
Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him. (thrice)
Heave him by the leg in a running bowlin'. (thrice)
Tie him to the taffrail when she's yard-arm under. (thrice)
About this song
- Music
- Traditional sea shanty
- Words
- Traditional
- First published
- Traditional; printed by Whall, Sea Songs and Shanties (1910), and Terry, The Shanty Book, Part I (1921)
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.