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Things to do with a Drunken Sailor
What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor is probably the best known Sea Shanty. The shanty was sung to accompany certain work tasks aboard sailing ships, especially those that required a bright walking pace. It is believed to originate in the early 19th century or before, during a period when ships' crews, especially those of military vessels, were large enough to permit hauling a rope whilst simply marching along the deck. With the advent of merchant packet and clipper ships and their smaller crews, which required different working methods, use of the shanty appears to have declined or shifted to other, minor tasks.
The shanty takes the form:
"What shall we do with a drunken sailor," (repeated three times)
"Early in the morning?"
[The Solution] (repeated three times.)
"Early in the morning?"
Refrain:
"Weigh heigh and up she rises." (repeated three times)
"Early in the morning."
Possible Solutions:
Put/chuck him in the long boat 'til he's sober.
Pull out the plug and wet him all over.
Keep him there and make 'im bail 'er.
Put him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him.
Tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under
Heave him by the leg in a runnin' bowline.
Shave his chin with a rusty razor.
Give 'im a dose of salt and water.
Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end.
Soak him in oil till he sprouts a flipper.
Tie him to the mast and then you flog him.
Keel haul him till he's sober.
Put him in bed with the captain's daughter.
Hit him on the head with a drunken soldier
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