Ives, Burl - The Drunken Sailor Lyrics






What should we do with a drunken sailor
What should we do with a drunken sailor
What should 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

Give him a hair of the dog that bit him
Give him a hair of the dog that bit him
Give him a hair of the dog that bit 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 morn'

Put him in the scuppers with the hose pipe on him
Put him in the scuppers with the hose pipe on him
Put him in the scuppers with the hose pipe 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 morn'

Hoist him up to the topsail yardarm
Hoist him up to the topsail yardarm
Hoist him up to the topsail yardarm
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 morn'

Throw him in the brig until he's sober
Throw him in the brig until he's sober
Throw him in the brig until 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 morn'

That's what to do with a drunken sailor
That's what to do with a drunken sailor
That's what to 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 morn'





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  1. B.... W....

    Great song.

  2. B.... W....

    Cat o nine tails across his shoulders.

  3. W.... K....

    We also sang “Black is the color of my true loves hair...”

  4. W.... K....

    We sang this song in my college choir. It was very popular with the audiences..

  5. B.... W....

    Classic song, like him on the deck and give him 40 lashes. Light all the matches beneath his fingers. Those would definitely sort out the drunken sailor well and truly. Great stuff

  6. E.... C....

    SpongeBob SquarePants!!!!!

  7. E.... ....

    Way hay and up she rises!

  8. D.... F....

    “Trouble with the captains daughter nine months later” 😜

  9. Z.... t....

    Anyone else smell gunpowder and saltwater?

    Z.... t....

    Feel the boat rocking and moving too

  10. D.... A....

    Stick his troosers down the toilet
    (3x)

  11. D.... P....

    Wow Assassins creed: Black Flag

  12. G.... P....

    See pictures of Burl Ives in the bathtub taking a bubble bath in The Spiral Road. Burl Ives has big boobs for a man.

  13. N.... P....

    Most beloved version since I was a kid and heard it from a LP my parents own... heard it hundreds of times then and now the first time after more than two decades, very many thanks for sharing it here!

  14. G.... P....

    See pictures of Burl Ives in the bathtub taking a bubble bath. He looks so cute. His exposed bellybutton is cute. Also, Burl Ives has big boobs for a man and a plump pink bare butt.

  15. S.... ....

    Black flag anyone?

  16. A.... H....

    Awesome

  17. N.... M....

    Lock him in a room full of bagpipe music.

  18. J.... ....

    Love it. Ives had so much talent.

  19. l.... g....

    I like Alestorms version
    Now those guys are truly Pirates

  20. W.... B....

    After 40 years at sea, I'll tell you what we USED to do. We gave'm the hair of the dog that bit'm. If we were hung over in the morning, we drank a beer (or something stronger, usually vodka or whiskey). Then we drank our coffee. And if that didn't do it, we drank another beer and made more coffee. Of all the lyrics to the song, that's the only one we actually did. By lunch, we were hot, dirty, sweaty and angry men. By the afternoon, we were looking forward to another night ashore. And if the ship was underway, well then, we went to the lounge, played cards, and drank more beer. Right out in the open, from the Captain on down. Those were the old days. The new guys don't have so easy. All they have are DVDs and the internet. Not the same.

  21. P.... ....

    The Best.

  22. N.... M....

    Put him in the bilge and make him drink it.

  23. Z.... H....

    Rub him in the face with a rotten salmon. (3x)

    Z.... H....

    Zachrey Helmberger Eww. That’s gross.

  24. S.... S....

    Shave his belly with a rusty razor.

  25. s.... ....

    excellent recording

  26. s.... a....

    Gah looked all over for this song so far best version

  27. B.... R....

    Put him in the cabin with the captain's daughter

    B.... R....

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  28. w.... m....

    You can smell the sea air with this one!

  29. G.... L....

    More than awesome