What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus:
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Earl-eye in the morning
Shave his belly with a rusty razor,
Shave his belly with a rusty razor,
Shave his belly with a rusty razor,
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter,
Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter,
Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter,
Earl-eye in the morning!
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
Put him the back of the paddy wagon,
Put him the back of the paddy wagon,
Put him the back of the paddy wagon,
Earl-eye in the morning!
Chorus
etc.......
2007-05-18 12:02:15 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
Written by children's author Shel Silverstein, this song was popularized by the Irish Rovers in the 60's.
The name of the song is Drunken Sailor.
This song has been covered by a few different bands.Great Big Sea and The Seadogs are two that come to mind.
2007-05-18 12:18:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?
sung by the King's Singers
It's a very popular song for folk music, so it's probably sung by just about every scottish, english, and who knows what other type of person.
2007-05-18 12:07:28 · answer #2 · answered by redneckgal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called The Drunken Sailor and I think it was mad famous by a 60's folk group from Liverpool but I can't remember there name.
2007-05-18 12:09:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Written by children's author Shel Silverstein, this song was popularized by the Irish Rovers in the 60's. its called excatly that what do u do with a drunken sailor, its known as a sea shanty
2007-05-18 12:06:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a fairly recent song, as Paddy Wagon may imply after service police and press gangs were around.
Did you know that Hearts of Oak, another sea type song was composed by William Boyce, English composer?
2007-05-18 12:16:16 · answer #5 · answered by Zheia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's an old folk song called "What do you do with the drunken Sailor"
2007-05-18 12:06:05 · answer #6 · answered by sunnygirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a traditional Navy sea-shanty sung by sailors when they were working, to create a particular rhythm for rowing or weighing anchor
p.s. Q-why are pirates called pirates
A- they just aaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !
2007-05-18 13:37:02 · answer #7 · answered by EdinItalia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of it's names is Sailor’s Holiday. It's an old sea shanty (work song) with an unknown author.
2007-05-18 12:06:01 · answer #8 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell we sang that song in sailing camp 30 years ago.
Old sailor shanty.
Drunken sailor.
2007-05-18 12:05:23 · answer #9 · answered by sapboy2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an old traditional English sea-chanty dating back a couple of hundred years, and I can't think of (other than some old pirate movies) anyone who's done a recent recording of it.
2007-05-18 12:05:49 · answer #10 · answered by devilishlyclever™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋