What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor?

 midi by Mark Johnson

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Heaving Shanty

 

What shall we do with a drunken sailor?

What shall we do with a drunken sailor?

Early in the morning.

 

Chorus:   

Way-hay, up she rises,  Way-hay, up she rises,

Way-hay, up she rises, Early in the morning.

 

Put him in the long boat 'til he's sober… 

Early in the morning

Chorus:

 

Pull out the bung and wet him all over…

Early in the morning.

Chorus:

 

Put him in the scuppers with the deck pump on him…

Early in the morning.

 

Heave him by the leg in a runnin' bowlin'…

Chorus:

 

Tie him to the taffrail when she's yard-arm under…

Early in the morning.

 

Put him in the bilge and make him drink it,

Chorus:

 

Shave his belly with a rusty razor…

Early in the morning.

 

Soak 'im in oil till he sprouts some flippers,

Chorus:

 

Put 'im in bed with the Captain's daughter…

Early in the morning.

 

Put him in the longboat and make him bail her…

 

Way, hay, there she rises,
Way, hay, there she rises,
Way, hay, there she rises,
Early in the morning.
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
Early in the morning.
 

Put him in his cabin and stop his liquou…

Early in the morning.


Trice him up in a runnin' bowline…

Chorus:


Take him and shake him and try and wake him…

Early in the morning.


Give him a taste o' the bosun's rope end…

Chorus:

 

Put 'em to bed with the Captain's daughter…

Early in the morning.


Stick him in the crow's nest till he's sober…

Chorus:

Hang him from the yard arm till he's sober…

Early in the morning.


Put him in the brig until he sobers…

Chorus:


Put him in scuppers with a hausepipe on him…
Early in the morning.


Put on his back a mustard plaster…

Early in the morning.

 

Way, hay, there she rises,
Way, hay, there she rises,
Way, hay, there she rises,
Early in the morning.
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
Early in the morning.