The Drunken Sailor or What Should We Do With the Drunken Sailor is what is called a sea shanty. It is a traditional song sung by crewmen aboard a boat when working. This particular shanty was sung by the British Navy's sailors when doing particularly hard or undesirable work. According to Wikipedia the first publication describing its lyrics dates back to 1839. And according to Capt. W. B. Whall, this is how it was sung:
Chorus: Hoorah! And up she rises [three times, appears before each verse]
Early in the morning.
What shall we do with a drunken sailor? [three times]
Early in the morning.
Put him in the long-boat and make him bail her.
Early in the morning.
What shall we do with a drunken soldier?
Early in the morning.
Put him in the guardroom till he gets sober.
Early in the morning.
And here are some extra verses that sailors, and non-sailors, have added to the song through time:
Put/chuck him in the long boat till he's sober.
Put him in the long-boat and make him bail her.
What shall we do with a drunken soldier?
Put/lock him in the guard room 'til he gets sober.
Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him.
Pull out the plug and wet him all over
Tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under
Heave him by the leg in a runnin' bowline.
Scrape the hair off his chest with a hoop-iron razor.
Give 'im a dose of salt and water.
Stick on his back a mustard plaster.
Keep him there and make 'im bail 'er.
Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end.
What'll we do with a Limejuice skipper?
Soak him in oil till he sprouts a flipper.
What shall we do with the Queen o' Sheba?
What shall we do with the Virgin Mary?
Chorus: Hoorah! And up she rises [three times, appears before each verse]
Early in the morning.
What shall we do with a drunken sailor? [three times]
Early in the morning.
Put him in the long-boat and make him bail her.
Early in the morning.
What shall we do with a drunken soldier?
Early in the morning.
Put him in the guardroom till he gets sober.
Early in the morning.
And here are some extra verses that sailors, and non-sailors, have added to the song through time:
Put/chuck him in the long boat till he's sober.
Put him in the long-boat and make him bail her.
What shall we do with a drunken soldier?
Put/lock him in the guard room 'til he gets sober.
Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him.
Pull out the plug and wet him all over
Tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under
Heave him by the leg in a runnin' bowline.
Scrape the hair off his chest with a hoop-iron razor.
Give 'im a dose of salt and water.
Stick on his back a mustard plaster.
Keep him there and make 'im bail 'er.
Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end.
What'll we do with a Limejuice skipper?
Soak him in oil till he sprouts a flipper.
What shall we do with the Queen o' Sheba?
What shall we do with the Virgin Mary?