Drunken Sailor
cho: Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Earl-eye in the morning
What shall we do with a drunken sailor (3x)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
Put him in a long-boat till he's sober (3x)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
Trice him up in a runnin' bowline. (3x)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him. (3x)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
Shave his belly with a rusty razor. (3x)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
Tie him to the mast, let the gulls pick his eyes out (3x)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
Verses below by Dogwatch members
Stuff him with a stew of boiled bilge rat (3x)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
Make him wear shoes by Béla Bartok (3x)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
Put him in bed with the captain's daughter (3x)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
Whats so bad about the captains daughter? (3x)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
You ain't seen the captains daughter! (3x)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
Yes I have, but I hadn't oughter ...
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
She looks like an orangutang (3x)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
There she goes swinging through the rigging (3x)
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
Note: The 'captains daughter' verses were created to honor a friend portraying the captain's daughter when we were performing at the Dickens Christmas Faire about 1979.
The author of the verse about Béla Bartok, shoemaker, is a Dogwatch alumn--we'll let you know more whenever we do!
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