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WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH A DRUNKEN SAILOR?

WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH A
DRUNKEN SAILOR, (3 TIMES) EARLY IN THE MORNING?
PUT HIM IN THE BILGE AND MAKE HIM DRINK IT, (3 TIMES) EARLY IN THE
MORNING. (CHORUS) PUT HIM IN THE CABIN WITH THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER,
(3 TIMES) EARLY IN THE MORNING. YOU AIN'T SEEN THE CAPTAIN'S
DAUGHTER, (3 TIMES) EARLY IN THE MORNING. (CHORUS) SHAVE HIM ON THE
BELLY WITH A RUSTY RAZOR, (3 TIMES) EARLY IN THE MORNING. (CHORUS)

Submitter comment: THE VARIOUS VERSES LEARNED WERE LEARNED FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
SINCE THEY WERE LEARNED SO LONG AGO, I CAN NEITHER REMEMBER WHO
THE PEOPLE WERE NOR WHICH VERSE WAS CONTRIBUTED BY WHOM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song C300.622

Date learned: CA03001974

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