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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?
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!
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Earl-eye in the morning!
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!
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Earl-eye in the morning!
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?
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Earl-eye in the morning!
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!
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Earl-eye in the morning!
Throw him in the lock-up till he's sober,
Throw him in the lock-up till he's sober,
Throw him in the lock-up till he's sober,
Earl-eye in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Earl-eye in the morning!
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?
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Earl-eye in the morning!
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?
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Earl-eye in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Earl-eye in the morning!
This variant was recorded by Great Big Sea (Great Big Sea, trk#8, 1993, NRA Productions, St. John's, NL).
A variant was also arranged and recorded by Rankin Street (Pre-GBS tape — Live At The Blarneystone Pub in St. John's, NL, trk#20, 1991, NRA Productions, Ltd).
See more songs by Great Big Sea.
Note: A shanty was sung to help sailors work. Additional verses were created until the job was completed. A capstan shanty was sung when raising an anchor. Anchor bars would be inserted into the capstan, and sailors would walk around it, turning the capstan to raise the anchor. Sailors would stamp on the deck with the words, "Way, hey, and up she rises."
