Here are the traditional lyrics to the sea shanty "What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor?": What shall we do with a drunken sailor,
What shall we do with a drunken sailor,
What shall we do with a drunken sailor,
Early in the morning? Chorus:
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Early in the morning. Put him in the long boat till he's sober,
Put him in the long boat till he's sober,
Put him in the long boat till he's sober,
Early in the morning. Scrape the hair off his chest with a hoop-iron razor,
Give him a dose of salt and water,
Stick him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him,
Pull out the plug and wet him all over. Heave him by the leg in a running bowline,
Tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under,
Shave his belly with a rusty razor,
Keep him there and make him bail her. Put him in the bed with the Captain's daughter,
Soak him in oil till he sprouts a flipper,
Give him a taste of the boatswain's rope-end,
That's what we do with a drunken sailor,
Early in the morning. This song has many traditional verses with variations, but these are some common ones.