The Drunken Sailor
I pass this boat every day but I've never noticed the anchor before. For some reason, I always think of the sea shanty, Drunken Sailor, when I walk by - maybe it's the Guinness cask. Until today I hadn't realised how many verses the song has:
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:
Weigh heigh and up she rises
Weigh heigh and up she rises
Weigh heigh and up she rises
Earl-aye in the morning
Traditional verses:
1. Put him in the long boat till he's sober,
2. Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him.
3. Shave his belly with a rusty razor.
4. Put him in bed with the captain's daughter.
Additional verses:
5. Beat him with a cat 'til his back is bleedin'
6. Put him in the bilge and make him drink it
7. Truss him up with a runnin' bowline.
8. Give 'im a dose of salt and water.
9. Stick on 'is back a mustard plaster.
10. Send him up the crow's nest till he falls down,
11. Tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under,
12. Soak 'im in oil 'til he sprouts a flipper.
13. Put him in the guard room 'til he's sober.
14. That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor.
Variations:
1+. Keep him there and make 'im bale 'er.
2a. Pull out the plug and wet him all over,
3a. Shave his balls with a rusty razor.
4a. Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end.
6a. Heave 'im by the leg with a runnin' bowline.
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