Intro: 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
Ending Chorus: That's what we do with a drunken Sailor, That's what we do with a drunken Sailor, That's what we do with a drunken Sailor, Earl-aye in the morning
Traditional verses: 1. Shave his belly with a rusty razor,(x3) 2. Put him in the long boat till he's sober,(x3) 3. Put him in the scuppers with a hawse pipe on him.(x3) 4. Put him in bed with the captain's daughter.(x3)
Song Pattern:song starts with the intro it then proceeds to the Chorus then it follows following pattern Verse 1 (x3),Earl-aye in the morning?,chorus, Verse 2 (x3),Earl-aye in the morning?,chorus, Verse 3 (x3),Earl-aye in the morning?,chorus, Verse 4 (x3),Earl-aye in the morning?, chorus Ending Chorus Thats what we do with a drunken sailor
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. 15. Shave his balls with a rusty razor. 16. Make him the skipper of an Exxon tanker.
Variations: 1+. Keep him there and make 'im bale 'er. 2a. Pull out the plug and wet him all over, 3a. Shave his back 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.
Variation Of Chorus: Hoo-ray and up she rises, Hoo-ray and up she rises, Hoo-ray and up she rises, Earl-aye in the morning