What shall we do with
the drunken sailor?

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What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
Early in the morning?

Chorus :

Hooray, and up she rises,
Hooray, and up she rises,
Hooray, and up she rises,
Early in the morning.

Put him in the longboat till he's sober,
Put him in the longboat till he's sober,
Put him in the longboat till he's sober,
Early in the morning.

Hooray, and up she rises,
Hooray, and up she rises,
Hooray, and up she rises,
Early in the morning.

Pull out the plug and wet him all over,
Pull out the plug and wet him all over,
Pull out the plug and wet him all over,
Early in the morning

Hooray, and up she rises,
Hooray, and up she rises,
Hooray, and up she rises,
Early in the morning.

Put him in the scuppers with the hose-pipe on him,
Put him in the scuppers with the hose-pipe on him,
Put him in the suppers with the hose-pipe on him,
Early in the morning.

Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray, and up she rises,
Hooray, and up she rises,
Early in the morning.

Tie him to the taffrail when she's yard-arm under.
Tie him to the taffrail when she's yard-arm under.
Tie him to the taffrail when she's yard-arm under.
Early in the morning.

Hooray, and up she rises,
Hooray, and up she rises,
Hooray, and up she rises,
Early in the morning.

Heave him by the leg in a running bowlin,
Heave him by the leg in a running bowlin,
Heave him by the leg in a running bowline,
Early in the morning.

Hooray, and up she rises,
Hooray, and up she rises,
Hooray, and up she rises,
Early in the morning.

What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
Early in the morning?

Hooray, and up she rises,
Hooray, and up she rises,
Hooray, and up she rises,
Early in the morning.

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