Вступление: What’ll we do with a drunken sailor, What’ll we do with a drunken sailor, What’ll we do with a drunken sailor, Earl-aye in the morning?
Припев: Weigh heigh and up she rises Weigh heigh and up she rises Weigh heigh and up she rises Earl-aye in the morning
Завершающий припев: That’s what we do with a drunken Sailor, That’s what we do with a drunken Sailor, That’s what we do with a drunken Sailor, Earl-aye in the morning
Традиционный текст: 1. Shave his belly with a rusty razor, (x3) 2. Put him in the long boat till he’s sober, (x3) 3. Put(stick) him in the scuppers with a hawse pipe on him.(x3) 4. Put him in bed with the captain’s daughter.(x3)
Структура песни: песня начинается вступлением, затем идет припев, затем идет по следующей структуре: Куплет 1 (x3),Earl-aye in the morning?, припев, Куплет 2 (x3),Earl-aye in the morning?, припев, Куплет 3 (x3),Earl-aye in the morning?, припев, Куплет 4 (x3),Earl-aye in the morning?, припев Завершающий припев Thats what we do with a drunken sailor
Другие варианты куплетов: 5. Beat him with a cat 'til his back is bleedin' 6. Put him in the bilge and make him drink it 7. Truss him up with a runnin' bowline. 8. Give 'im a dose of salt and water. 9. Stick on 'is back a mustard plaster. 10. Send him up the crow’s nest till he falls down, 11. Tie him to the taffrail when she’s yardarm under, 12. Soak 'im in oil 'til he sprouts a flipper. 13. Put him in the guard room 'til he’s sober. 14. That’s what we’ll do with the drunken sailor. 15. Shave his balls with a rusty razor. 16. Make him the skipper of an Exxon tanker. 17. Give 'im the hair of the dog that bit him.