What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor Lyrics

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

Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Early in the morning

Put him in the longboat until he's sober
Put him in the longboat until he's sober
Put him in the longboat until he's sober
Early in the morning

Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Early in the morning

Pull out the bung and wet him all over
Pull out the bung and wet him all over
Pull out the bung and wet him all over
Early in the morning

Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Early in the morning

What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?

Put him in the scuppers with the hose pipes on him
Put him in the scuppers with the hose pipes on him
Put him in the scuppers with the hose pipes on him
Early in the morning

Put him in the scuppers with the hose pipes on him
Put him in the scuppers with the hose pipes on him
Put him in the scuppers with the hose pipes on him
Early in the morning

Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Early in the morning

Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Early in the morning
Early in the morning
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

Heave him by the leggin' with a runnin' bowlin'
Heave him by the leggin' with a runnin' bowlin'
Heave him by the leggin' with a runnin' bowlin'
Early in the morning

Heave him by the leggin' with a runnin' bowlin'
Heave him by the leggin' with a runnin' bowlin'
Heave him by the leggin' with a runnin' bowlin'
Early in the morning

Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Early in the morning

Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Early in the morning

Way-hay, up
Way-hay, up
Way-hay, up she rises
Early in the morning

What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?

Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Early in the morning

Way-hay, up
Way-hay, up
Way-hay, up she rises
Early in the morning
Early in the morning
Early in the morning
Early in the morning
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
In the morning

Longboat - an open boat carried on a ship to
Be rowed by 8 or 10 oarsmen, 2 per thwart.
Bung - Stopper for closing a hole in a boat
Scupper - A hole in a ship's side to carry water
Overboard from the deck
Runnin' bowlin' - Running bowline, a knot
That produces a noose or sliding loop.