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drunken sailor ( what shall we do with a drunken sailor? ) chords
irish traditional oro se do bheatha ’bhaile

Am
what’ll we do with a drunken sailor?
G
what’ll we do with a drunken sailor?
Am
what’ll we do with a drunken sailor?
G Am
earl – aye in the morning?

Am
way , hey and up she rises
G
patent blocks o diff’rent sizes , or ( way , hey and up she rises )
Am
way , hey and up she rises
G Am
earl – aye in the morning

1 . sling him in the long boat till he’s sober ,
2 . keep him there and make ’im bale ’er .
3 . pull out the plug and wet him all over ,
4 . take ’im and shake ’im , try an’ wake ’im .
5 . trice him up in a runnin’ bowline .
6 . give ’im a taste of the bosun’s rope – end .
7 . give ’im a dose of salt and water .
8 . stick on ’is back a mustard plaster .
9 . shave his belly with a rusty razor .
10 . send him up the crow’s nest till he falls down ,
11 . tie him to the taffrail when she’s yardarm under ,
12 . put him in the scuppers with a hose – pipe on him .
13 . soak ’im in oil till he sprouts flippers .
14 . put him in the guard room till he’s sober .
15 . put him in bed with the captain’s daughter * ) .
16 . take the baby and call it bo’sun .
17 . turn him over and drive him windward .
18 . put him in the scuffs until the horse bites on him .
19 . heave him by the leg and with a rung console him .
20 . that’s what we’ll do with the drunken sailor .

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