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| The Bawdy Manual Know Your Tunes Drunken Sailor |
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| Interesting Stuff | Original Lyrics |
A Capstan Shanty The shanty was a tune designed to aid sailors in their work. The capstan chanty (shanty) was a moderate tune sung to raising the anchor. In order to raise the anchor bars were inserted into the capstan and sailors would walk around it, turning the capstan to raise the anchor. Sailors would stamp on the deck on the words "way hay and up she rises." The song probably also served the secondary purpose as a reminder to all that intemperance might not be suffered gladly on a saliling sip. The
Music The
Songs |
Drunken Sailor Chorus What shall we
do with a drunken sailor? (3 times) Put him in a
long-boat till he's sober. (3 times) Keep him
there and make 'im bale 'er. (3 times) Trice him up
in a runnin' bowline. (3 times) Tie him to
the tasffrail when she's yard-arm under. (3 times) Put him in
the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him. (3 times) Take 'im and
shake 'im and try an' wake 'im. (3 times) Give 'im a
dose of salt and water. (3 times) Give 'im a
taste of the bosun's rope-end. (3 times) Stick on 'is
back a mustard plaster. (3 times) Soak 'im in
oil till he sprouts a flipper. (3 times) Shave his
belly with a rusty razor. (3 times) Put him in
the guard room till he gets sober. (3 times) |
