Lyrics (from Irish Rovers version):

What shall we do with a drunken sailor,

What shall we do with a drunken sailor,

What shall we do with a drunken sailor,

Early in the morning?

Way-hay and up she rises,

Way-hay and up she rises,

Way-hay and up she rises,

Early in the morning!

Shave his belly with a rusty razor,

Shave his belly with a rusty razor,

Shave his belly with a rusty razor,

Early in the morning!

Way-hay and up she rises,

Way-hay and up she rises,

Way-hay and up she rises,

Early in the morning!

Put him in the longboat till he’s sober,

Put him in the longboat till he’s sober,

Put him in the longboat till he’s sober,

Early in the morning!

Way-hay and up she rises,

Way-hay and up she rises,

Way-hay and up she rises,

Early in the morning!

Stick him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him,

Stick him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him,

Stick him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him,

Early in the morning!

Way-hay and up she rises,

Way-hay and up she rises,

Way-hay and up she rises,

Early in the morning!

Put him in bed with the captain’s daughter,

Put him in bed with the captain’s daughter,

Put him in bed with the captain’s daughter,

Early in the morning!

Way-hay and up she rises,

Way-hay and up she rises,

Way-hay and up she rises,

Early in the morning!

That’s what we’ll do with a drunken sailor,

That’s what we’ll do with a drunken sailor,

That’s what we’ll do with a drunken sailor,

Early in the morning!

Way-hay and up she rises,

Way-hay and up she rises,

Way-hay and up she rises,

Early in the morning!

Way-hay and up she rises,

Way-hay and up she rises,

Way-hay and up she rises,

Early in the morning!