"Drunken Sailor" - Sea shanty

"Drunken Sailor", also known as "What Will/Shall We Do with a/the Drunken Sailor?" or "Up She Rises", is a traditional sea shanty, listed as No. 322 in the Roud Folk Song Index. It was sung aboard sailing ships at least as early as the 1830s. The first published description of the shanty is found in an account of an 1839 whaling voyage out of New London, Connecticut, to the Pacific Ocean.

The song's lyrics vary, but usually contain some variant of the question, "What shall we do with a drunken sailor, early in the morning?" In some styles of performance, each successive verse suggests a method of sobering or punishing the drunken sailor. In other styles, further questions are asked and answered about different people.

"Drunken Sailor" was revived as a popular song among non-sailors in the 20th century and grew to become one of the best-known songs of the shanty repertoire among mainstream audiences. It has been performed and recorded by many musicians and appeared regularly in popular culture.

The word "early" in the song is pronounced

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Lyrics:

what will we do with a drunken sailor?
what will we do with a drunken sailor?
what will we do with a drunken sailor?
Early in the morning!

way hay and up she rises
way hay and up she rises
way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning!

Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Early in the morning!

way hay and up she rises
way hay and up she rises
way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning!

Put him a long boat till his sober
Put him a long boat till his sober
Put him a long boat till his sober
Early in the morning!

way hay and up she rises
way hay and up she rises
way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning!

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Stick him in a barrel with a hosepipe on him
Stick him in a barrel with a hosepipe on him
Stick him in a barrel with a hosepipe on him
Early in the morning!

way hay and up she rises
way hay and up she rises
way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning!

Put him in the bed with the captains daughter
Put him in the bed with the captains daughter
Put him in the bed with the captains daughter
Early in the morning!

That's what we do with a drunken sailor
That's what we do with a drunken sailor
That's what we do with a drunken sailor
Early in the morning!

way hay and up she rises
way hay and up she rises
way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning!

way hay and up she rises
way hay and up she rises
way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning!