Drunken Sailor  (Way Hay and Up She Rises)
Always a favorite... the potential verses are infinite... be creative!

Am
What do we do with a drunken sailor,
G
What do we do with a drunken sailor,
Am                                  C           Em
What do we do with a drunken sailor,
Am          G       Am
Earl-aye in the morning?

Chorus:
Am
Way hay and up she rises
G
Way hay and up she rises
Am                   C         Em
Way hay and up she rises
Am          G        Am
Earl-aye in the morning

1. Sling him in the long boat till he's sober,
2. Keep him there and make 'im bale 'er.
3. Pull out the plug and wet him all over,
4. Take 'im and shake 'im, try an' wake 'im.
5. Trice him up in a runnin' bowline.
6. Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end.
7. Give 'im a dose of salt and water.
8. Stick on 'is back a mustard plaster.
9. Shave his belly with a rusty razor.
10. Send him up the crow's nest till he falls down,
11. Tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under,
12. Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him.
13. Soak 'im in oil till he sprouts flippers.
14. Put him in the guard room till he's sober.
15. Give 'im to the Captain's daughter
16. You ain't seen the Captain's daughter
17. She looks like an orangutan
18. There she goes swingin' from the yardarm
15. That's what you do with the drunken sailor.
 
 

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