{"id":7451,"date":"2022-02-05T17:32:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T17:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=7451"},"modified":"2025-08-19T15:41:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T15:41:32","slug":"drunken-sailor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/drunken-sailor\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunken Sailor"},"content":{"rendered":"

RETURN TO IRISH SONGS<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Narrative about cutting this down from  thirteen verses to six.\r\nYou will notice that Verse 1 stands on its own, as does Verse 2.\r\nThat's the way the song was intended, as we REALLY don't like drunken sailors.  I've combined Verses 3, 4 and 5 as well as 7, 8 and 9 - and then we get back to business.\r\n\r\nYour part is as follows:<\/span>\r\n{ CHORUS }        [Em]<\/span> Hooray, and up she rises. \r\n[D] Hooray, and up she rises. <\/span> <\/span>\r\n[Em] Hooray, and up she rises.<\/span> \r\nEar-ly in the [D] morning [Em] <\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n<\/span>[Em] What shall we do with the drunken sailor?\r\n<\/span><\/span>[D] What shall we do with the drunken sailor?\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Em] What shall we do with the drunken sailor?\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Em] Ear-ly [D] in the [Em] morning\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>[Em]<\/span>  <\/span>Hooray, and up she rises.  [D] Hooray, and up she rises.  <\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/span>[Em] Hooray, and up she rises.  Ear-ly in the [D] morning [Em]<\/span> \r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<\/span>[Em]<\/span>  <\/span>Put him in the boat until he's sober\r\n<\/span><\/span>[D] Put him in the boat until he's sober\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Em] Put him in the boat until he's sober\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Em] Ear-ly [D] in the [Em] morning\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 3, 4 and 5]\r\n<\/span>[Em]<\/span> Pull out the plug and wet him all over\r\n<\/span><\/span>[D] Put him in the bilge and make him drink it \r\n[Em]<\/span> Put him in a leaky boat and make him bale her \r\n[Em] Ear-ly [D] in the [Em] morning \u00a0\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>[Em]<\/span>  <\/span>Hooray, and up she rises.  [D] Hooray, and up she rises.  <\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/span>[Em] Hooray, and up she rises.  Ear-ly in the [D] morning [Em]<\/span> <\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n<\/span>[Em]<\/span> Tie him to the scuppers with the hose pipe on him\r\n<\/span><\/span>[D] Tie him to the scuppers with the hose pipe on him\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Em]<\/span> Tie him to the scuppers with the hose pipe on him\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Em] Ear-ly [D] in the [Em] morning <\/span> <\/span>\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n\r\n[Verses 7, 8 and 9]\r\n<\/span>[Em]<\/span> Shave his belly with a rusty razor\r\n<\/span><\/span>[D] Tie him to the topmast while she's yardarm under\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Em]<\/span> Heave him by the leg with a runnin' bowline\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Em] Ear-ly [D] in the [Em] morning <\/span> <\/span>\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>[Em]<\/span>  <\/span>Hooray, and up she rises.  [D] Hooray, and up she rises.  <\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/span>[Em] Hooray, and up she rises.  Ear-ly in the [D] morning [Em]<\/span> <\/span><\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 10]\r\n<\/span>[Em]<\/span> Keel haul him until he's sober\r\n<\/span><\/span>[D] Keel haul him until he's sober\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Em]<\/span> Keel haul him until he's sober\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Em] Ear-ly [D] in the [Em] morning <\/span> \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n<\/span>[Em]<\/span> That's what we do with the drunken sailor!\r\n<\/span><\/span>[D] That's what we do with the drunken sailor!\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Em]<\/span> That's what we do with the drunken sailor!\r\n<\/span><\/span>[Em] Ear-ly [D] in the [Em] morning <\/span> \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>[Em]<\/span>  <\/span>Hooray, and up she rises.  [D] Hooray, and up she rises.  <\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/span>[Em] Hooray, and up she rises.  Ear-ly in the [D] morning [Em]<\/span> \r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\nRepeat { CHORUS } - then out\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
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RETURN TO IRISH SONGS Narrative about cutting this down from thirteen verses to six. You will notice that Verse 1 stands on its own, as does Verse 2. That’s the way the song was intended, as we REALLY don’t like drunken sailors. I’ve combined Verses 3, 4 and 5 as … CLICK TO VIEW SONGDrunken Sailor<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,64,116,117,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-chords","category-irish-songs","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}