17 Drunken Sailor

    Drunken Sailor

    Way, hay, an’up she rises!
    jufferBlocqs o’ diffrent sizes,
    Way, hay, an’up she rises,
    Earlye in the mornin’!

    1: What shall we do wi’a drunken sailor?
    What shall we do wi’a drunken sailor?
    What shall we do wi’a drunken sailor?
    Earlye in the mornin’!
    Way, hay, an’up…
    2: Put him in the longboat till he gets sober.
    Way, hay, an’up…
    3: Keep him there an’ make him bale her.
    Way, hay, an’up…
    4: Trice him up in a runnin’ bowline.
    Way, hay, an’up…
    5: Tie him to the taffrail when she’s yard-arm under.
    Way, hay, an’up…
    6: Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him.
    Way, hay, an’up…
    7: Take him, an’ shake him, an’ try an’ wake him.
    Way, hay, an’up…
    8: What’ll we do with a Limejuice skipper?
    Way, hay, an’up…
    9: Soak him in oil till he sprouts a flipper.
    Way, hay, an’up…
    10: Scrape the hair off his chest with a hoop-iron razer.
    Way, hay, an’up…
    11: What shall we do with a drunken soldier.
    Way, hay, an’up…
    12: Put him in the barrack-room till he gets sober.
    Way, hay, an’up…
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