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does anyone know more verses?
Chorus:
Way hay and up she rises (x3)
Earl-aye in the morning
1. Put him in the long boat till he's sober,
2. Keep him there and make 'im bale 'er.
3. Shave his belly with a rusty razor.
4. Put him in bed with the captain's daughter.
Chorus:
Way hay and up she rises (x3)
Earl-aye in the morning
1. Put him in the long boat till he's sober,
2. Keep him there and make 'im bale 'er.
3. Shave his belly with a rusty razor.
4. Put him in bed with the captain's daughter.
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Re: drunken sailor
Wed, August 25, 2004 - 9:57 AMPut him in the scupper with a hosepipe on him
...or my personal favorite:
Beat him with a stick like an L.A. Sheriff.... ;) -
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Re: drunken sailor
Wed, August 25, 2004 - 9:51 PMAhhh, so you've seen it too... ;) -
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Re: drunken sailor
Thu, August 26, 2004 - 6:30 PMHere are some of the other verses posted on www.Mudcat.org
Trice him up in a runnin' bowline.
Tie him to the tasffrail when she's yard-arm under.
Take 'im and shake 'im and try an' wake 'im.
Give 'im a dose of salt and water.
Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end.
Stick on 'is back a mustard plaster.
Soak 'im in oil till he sprouts a flipper.
I don't know how historically accurate the folowing are, but in case you're looking for a bit more grit (recorded by Phoenix/Heather Alexander):
Throw him overboard and drag him on the anchor
Hang him from the mast as a Jolly Roger
Lastly, an entire story of verses (one of which you had):
Put him in the cabin with the captain's daughter
What shall we do with the angry captain?
Throw him overboard and sail to China
What if the Chinese won't accept us?
Steal their women and sail to Cuba
What shall we do when we get to Cuba?
Spend 3 weeks in a Cuban whorehouse
What shall we do when we're broke and busted?
Blame it all on the drunken sailor! -
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Re: drunken sailor
Thu, August 26, 2004 - 8:32 PMthats great, you rock! *sides still laughing*
that will do just fine, LOL.
thanks!
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Re: drunken sailor
Sat, May 20, 2006 - 1:53 AMPull out the plug and wet him all over
Put him in the bilge and make him drink it
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Heave him by the leg with a running bowline
Keel haul him until he gets sober -
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Re: drunken sailor
Sat, May 20, 2006 - 5:59 PMTie him to the scuppers with the hose pipe on him,
Tie him to the scuppers with the hose pipe on him,
Tie him to the scuppers with the hose pipe on him,
Earli in the morning.
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Re: drunken sailor
Thu, May 25, 2006 - 12:54 PMOh, I'd heard it as 'hornpipe'. But close enough when the bottle's bein' passed.
An alternate version we sometimes sing begins, "What do you do with a drunken crustie" and generally degenerates from there -
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Re: drunken sailor
Thu, May 25, 2006 - 2:10 PMThe Professor has already ceded by reason of Whisky, but for any etymological-concerned individuals, here's the skinny... :)
A hornpipe is both an Instrument and a Style of Dance (which, I suppose *could* be a form a torture), a Hosepipe is an old British term for a Hose, and the Scupper is the opening on the side of a ship where water drains out.
A common method of sobering someone up is the Cold shower, no?
So you take the proverbial Drunken Sailor, stuff him in the drain, and spray the hell out of him with Cold water from a hose....
...or, alternately, prop his eyes open and subject him to Michael Flatley... :) -
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Re: drunken sailor
Sat, May 27, 2006 - 12:47 PMI like:
"Give him a pint of Irish whisky..."
I'm a big fan of overkill. -
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Re: drunken sailor
Thu, June 8, 2006 - 4:55 PM"Give him a hair of the dog that bit him"
...which amounts to the same thing.
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Re: drunken sailor
Fri, June 23, 2006 - 12:20 AMThe verse after "Put him in the room with the Captains daughter"
is usually "have you ever seen the Captains daughter?" ...
"dress him in the Captain's daughters clothing"
"then make him run across the poop-deck"
"stand back and let the lonely sailors at 'im"
... a lot of the time we ad-lib ... it makes for some hilarity and some really f***ed up verses. -
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Re: drunken sailor
Fri, October 26, 2007 - 3:23 PMwoohoo--overkill!
Dance him cross the deck in a ring of posies
was one I heard once--sounds innocent enough...could have other connotations though....
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Re: drunken sailor
Sun, October 28, 2007 - 4:12 PM"Put him in jail with Paris Hilton"
Or is that too cruel?
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