DC2030
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
Music: Trad. arr. Douglas Cook, Words: Anon
Voicing: SSA
Performance time approx: 1m 30s
Range S1: c' – f'' / S2: c' – d''♭ / A: e♭ – c''
Price code: C
Complexity:
A fun arrangement of the well-known shanty. Further verses can be added if wished using the harmonisations of vv. 1 and 2 alternately.
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.
Traditional
Note: 'early' is traditionally pronounced to rhyme with 'lye' rather than with 'lee'