WT2030
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
SSA
performance time approx 1m 30s
A lively arrangement for SSA voices of the toe-tapping shanty, by Douglas Cook.
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What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
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.
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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