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Chapter 18

14. What shall we do with the drunken sailor?

(Windlass and Capstan.)

[Listen]

1. What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor
Early in the morning?
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises
Early in the morning.

2. Put him in the long-boat until he's sober. (thrice)

3. Pull out the plug änd wet him all over. (thrice)

4. Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him. (thrice)

5. Heave him by the leg in a running bowlin'. (thrice)

6. Tie him to the taffrail when she's yard-arm under. (thrice)