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Drunken Sailor Lyrics

Artist: Great Big Sea
Album: Great Big Sea

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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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!

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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!

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

Comments/Interpretations

by Sammy on 5/23/2008 5:08pm
i love this shanty

by Mu Kie Jenn on 6/2/2008 9:45am
THis song is alsome

by Meow on 6/6/2008 7:35pm
Love this song. xD

by johnny on 6/13/2008 3:25pm
Id like the idea of being locked up with the Capt daughter, If she's hot

by Gabby on 6/16/2008 5:26pm
Actually, the term "the captain's daughter" is navy slang for the cat o' nine tails, or a whip. Sailors that misbehaved would have their backs stripped of clothing and would be whipped.

by Mike on 6/16/2008 5:54pm
billy was bangin his brother.

by Jon on 6/28/2008 8:29am
I like johnnys comment way to ruin it gabby

by matthew on 7/8/2008 12:36pm
this song is getting used in our summer show but with different lyrics

by kate on 11/28/2008 3:06pm
we had to learn that at music at school it was so fun but it had different verses ;-)

by Bradley on 1/9/2009 4:22pm
we are learning it in school now

by hannar on 1/16/2009 4:23pm
I sing this song in grd schl but dif vrses

by anonyms on 2/9/2009 3:42pm
this song is very special and weird in its own kind of way. :)

by Nadi on 2/15/2009 7:13pm
i sing this song in choir but it does not have the same lyrics

by Leila on 2/26/2009 4:31am
i love this song

by Bob the builder on 5/1/2009 3:46pm
Good song xd

by katie anne murray on 5/26/2009 12:06pm
it is funny and catchy and i think that is brilliant song

by poo4u on 7/21/2009 8:07am
if u like poo then go to amy warbuton

by dennie on 11/18/2009 1:53pm
My dad was Irish and he sang this song all the time. I just now at age 59 looked to see if it was really a song!! I love it!

by Po2 Barung on 11/19/2009 12:29am
I played this song for sea cadet band. RCSCC Mariner 307

by Bunny on 11/9/2010 6:22pm
I sing this song every time I'm on a bus drunk.

by Charsenal on 1/16/2011 11:30pm
We used to sing this song in music class when I was in grammar school. Along with "Jeremiah was a bullfrog" and "Mary Mack". No wonder I grew up selling booze for a living.

by team aquaforce on 4/28/2011 8:35pm
i gasemd over this shanty

by May on 5/31/2011 10:08pm
Some highschoolers came to our school and sang this and did some mid-evil play things... and danced... weird.

by :) on 6/26/2011 2:52pm
I love the song, but the polish translation is far more better. More interesting lyrics... and more funny :)

by Hank 3 on 8/16/2011 3:21pm
I know what rises early in the morning...

by joe on 9/5/2011 4:32am
hank, your comment made me laugh a lot

by Chase&Tuba on 3/2/2012 10:58am
OMG!! I LOVE THIS SONG!!! It is such a classic and it's so funny! =D

by Victoria on 4/8/2012 10:07pm
We played it for County Band. Can't get over the lyrics!

by Yo mama on 4/26/2012 6:00am
Spongebob when some of the episodes start...not the theme song!!

by Kim on 6/11/2012 10:11am
We also sang, "Put him in a barrel and throw him over, earl-eye in the morning!"

by Lalala on 8/22/2012 12:42pm
Check out the naval academy men's glee club version, it's the unofficial looking one, my personal favorite

by NorthCountry on 8/22/2012 9:44pm
I am another who learned this in elementary school. Crawdad too! Fun days pre-PC! We used "Put him in the long boat 'til he's sober"

by Walt Andrews on 11/24/2012 3:38am
What do you do with a milk drunk Georgie are my favorite lyrics.

by olivia emily swindells on 3/23/2013 7:17am
i adore that song !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Mark on 1/11/2014 3:45pm
hit him in the face with a forty pound mackerel

by Susan on 2/9/2014 2:34pm
My daughter is singing a song that goes by this tune for her second grade music program about the environment. Instead it says "what do you do with a global warmer". I knew it sounded familiar, so I had to look this up. It's crazy how they decided to use this tune to come up with that song, so people will put a global warmer in the same "boat" as a drunken sailor. Aren't we all global warmers just because we exist?

by Stig on 1/27/2016 4:54pm
Sang this in 3rd grade at Adams Elementary in Quincy, IL. Can't imagine kids singing it now. It is very catchy, I have always remembered it since the late 70's.

by Sorry Janelle 2008 on 1/27/2016 4:59pm
My finger hit the thumbs down by accident on Janelle's comment in 2008. I meant to hit thumbs up. The system won't let me change it. Sorry