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Recorded by Roger Chartier on his Sailor Songs  CD

Drunken Sailor

Lyrics & Chords courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com

Old trad    

Em
What’ll you do with a drunken sailor   

D
What’ll you do with a drunken sailor

Em                                                       D               Em 
What’ll you do with a drunken sailor early in the morning.

 (1)   Put  him in the longboat till he gets sober  (3 times) ….
early in the morning

 Em                                   D
Hi ho and up she rises,    Hi ho and up she rises

Em                                D                 Em
Hi ho and up she rises early in the morning...........(To the TOP)

(2)  Put him in the bilge and make him drink it  (3 times)…   

(3)  Tie him to the scuppers with the hose pipe on him  (3 times)

(4)  Shave his belly with a rusty razor  ( 3 times)

(5)  Keel haul him till he’s sober  ( 3 itmes)

(6)  Heave him by the leg in a running bowline  ( 3 times)                                      (and many more verses)  
Chords and lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com