canasg choral music publishing - What shall we do with a drunken sailor

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What shall we do with a drunken sailor?

A lively arrangement for SSA voices of the toe-tapping shanty, by Douglas Cook.

SSA performance time approx 1m 30s

Arranger's note

Further verses can be added ad lib using the harmonisations of vv 1 and 2 alternately. Sing bars 61-2 only on the very last chorus: if you want to use the page 3 refrain with extra verses, end it with two unison F minims ('morn-ing') in place of bars 61-2.

Music

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Words

What shall we do with a drunken sailor?

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

Wey, hey and up she rises,
Early in the morning.

Put him in a long boat till he's sober,
Early in the morning.

Put him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him,
Early in the morning.

Note: 'early' is traditionally pronounced to rhyme with 'lye' rather than with 'lee'

Traditional

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