Celtic Irish Folk - What shall we do with a drunken sailor? | Текст песни

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What will we do with a drunken sailor? (3x)
Early in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises (3x)
Early 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.