Drunken Sailor

Way, hey, and up she rises,
Way, hey, and up she rises; (Patent blocks o' diff'rent sizes)
Way, hey, and up she rises,
Earl-eye in the morning.

What shall we do with a drunken sailor (3x)
Earl-eye in the morning!

Put him in a long-boat till he's sober (3x)

Keep him there and make 'im bale 'er (3x)

Trice him up in a runnin' bowline (3x)

Tie him to the taffrail when she's yard-arm under (3x)

Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him (3x)

Take 'im and shake 'im and try an' wake 'im (3x)

Give 'im a dose of salt and water (3x)

Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end (3x)

Stick on 'is back a mustard plaster (3x)

Soak 'im in oil till he sprouts a flipper (3x)

Shave his belly with a rusty razor (3x)

Put him in the guard room till he gets sober (3x)

That's what we'll do with a drunken sailor (3x)

Way, hey, and up she rises,
Way, hey, and up she rises; (Patent blocks o' diff'rent sizes)
Way, hey, and up she rises,
Earl-eye in the morning.

Amen.

####.... Author unknown. Traditional stamp-and-go shanty ....####

Note: A shanty was sung to help sailors work. Additional verses were created until the job was completed. A capstan shanty was sung when raising an anchor. Anchor bars would be inserted into the capstan, and sailors would walk around it, turning the capstan to raise the anchor. Sailors would stamp on the deck with the words, "Way, hey, and up she rises."