What do you do with a drunken sailor, What do you do with a drunken sailor, What do you do with a drunken sailor, Earl-eye in the morning!
CHORUS: Way hay and up she rises Way hay and up she rises Way hay and up she rises Earl-eye in the morning
Shave his belly with a rusty razor, Shave his belly with a rusty razor, Shave his belly with a rusty razor, Earl-eye in the morning!
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Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter, Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter, Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter, Earl-eye in the morning!
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What do you do with a drunken sailor, What do you do with a drunken sailor, What do you do with a drunken sailor, Earl-eye in the morning!
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Put him the back of the paddy wagon, Put him the back of the paddy wagon, Put him the back of the paddy wagon, Earl-eye in the morning!
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Throw him in the lock-up 'til he's sober, Throw him in the lock-up 'til he's sober, Throw him in the lock-up 'til he's sober, Earl-eye in the morning!
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What do you do with a drunken sailor, What do you do with a drunken sailor, What do you do with a drunken sailor, Earl-eye in the morning!
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What do you do with a drunken sailor, What do you do with a drunken sailor, What do you do with a drunken sailor, Earl-eye in the morning!
i remember a few other lines... something about putting him somewhere with a hosepipe in him.. or something.. damn, i can't remember, but i had to sing that dang song in middle school chorus..
Put him in the scuppers with a hawsepipe on him... Heave him by the leg in a running bowline... Tie him to the taffrail when she’s yardarm under...
Care of Wikipedia but there are many other verses. People keep making them up.
Note that all the traditional ones are tortures, punishments for a sailor who is discovered drunk while on duty.
The "captains daughter" is a reference to a flogging whip or some other torture device (I forget the horrible details, I don't think it's the cat'o'nine but I could be mistaken).
Shaving his belly with a rusty razor will result in cuts and scrapes.
Put him in the scuppers with a hawsepipe on him refers to soaking him with cold sea water
Heave him by the leg in a running bowline refers to stringing the poor bastard up by one leg
Tie him to the taffrail when she’s yardarm under refers to tying him to the railing around a ship while she's pitching so much that he'll be repeatedly submurged into the ocean. Probably fatal, depending on how long you do it.
Keelhauling someone involves tying a rope to him and passing the rope down under the ship and up the other side, then pulling on the rope to drag him down off the ship, along the (sharp barnacle encrusted) hull under water and back up the other side, bloodied and lacerated.
"The captains daughter was the largest canon on the ship (where a canon sits is known as a bed) so a punishment was to be tied in with the captains daughter. Since space on ships are precious and ships rock about on the sea being put in a bed with a heavy canon could be very painful."
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Date: 2007-01-02 07:35 pm (UTC)Oh wait. That's for child molesters.
Drive him out to the desert and let him figure out how he got there..
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Date: 2007-01-02 07:41 pm (UTC)What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
Earl-eye in the morning!
CHORUS:
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Earl-eye in the morning
Shave his belly with a rusty razor,
Shave his belly with a rusty razor,
Shave his belly with a rusty razor,
Earl-eye in the morning!
CHORUS
Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter,
Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter,
Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter,
Earl-eye in the morning!
CHORUS
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
Earl-eye in the morning!
CHORUS
Put him the back of the paddy wagon,
Put him the back of the paddy wagon,
Put him the back of the paddy wagon,
Earl-eye in the morning!
CHORUS
Throw him in the lock-up 'til he's sober,
Throw him in the lock-up 'til he's sober,
Throw him in the lock-up 'til he's sober,
Earl-eye in the morning!
CHORUS
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
Earl-eye in the morning!
CHORUS
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
Earl-eye in the morning!
CHORUS
Re: (Traditional - Arr. GBS)
Date: 2007-01-02 08:21 pm (UTC)Re: (Traditional - Arr. GBS)
Date: 2007-01-02 09:31 pm (UTC)Do tell!!
Re: (Traditional - Arr. GBS)
Date: 2007-01-02 09:50 pm (UTC)Heave him by the leg in a running bowline...
Tie him to the taffrail when she’s yardarm under...
Care of Wikipedia but there are many other verses. People keep making them up.
Note that all the traditional ones are tortures, punishments for a sailor who is discovered drunk while on duty.
The "captains daughter" is a reference to a flogging whip or some other torture device (I forget the horrible details, I don't think it's the cat'o'nine but I could be mistaken).
Shaving his belly with a rusty razor will result in cuts and scrapes.
Put him in the scuppers with a hawsepipe on him refers to soaking him with cold sea water
Heave him by the leg in a running bowline refers to stringing the poor bastard up by one leg
Tie him to the taffrail when she’s yardarm under refers to tying him to the railing around a ship while she's pitching so much that he'll be repeatedly submurged into the ocean. Probably fatal, depending on how long you do it.
Keelhauling someone involves tying a rope to him and passing the rope down under the ship and up the other side, then pulling on the rope to drag him down off the ship, along the (sharp barnacle encrusted) hull under water and back up the other side, bloodied and lacerated.
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Date: 2007-01-02 09:53 pm (UTC)"The captains daughter was the largest canon on the ship (where a canon sits is known as a bed) so a punishment was to be tied in with the captains daughter. Since space on ships are precious and ships rock about on the sea being put in a bed with a heavy canon could be very painful."
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Date: 2007-01-02 09:43 pm (UTC)Re: (Traditional - Arr. GBS)
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