And in the spirit of the day - here is one of our favorite sea chanties......
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
Ear-lie in the morning?
Chorus:
Way hey and up she rises
Way hey and up she rises,
Way hey and up she rises
Ear-lie in the morning
Throw him in the long boat till he's sober,
Throw him in the long boat till he's sober,
Throw him in the long boat till he's sober,
Early in the morning
(Repeat using the following verses)
Keep him there and make 'im bail 'er.
Pull out the plug and wet him all over,
Take 'im and shake 'im, try an' wake 'im.
Trice him up in a runnin' bowline.
Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end.
Give 'im a dose of salt and water.
Stick on 'is back a mustard plaster.
Shave his belly with a rusty razor.
Send him up the crow's nest till he falls over.
Tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under.
Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him.
Soak 'im in oil till he sprouts flippers.
Put him in the guard room till he's sober.
Put him in a bed with the captain's daughter (or mother).
Have you ever in your life seen the captain's daughter?
Give the poor bastard to Mother Rackett.
Are ye' daft, you might wake Mother Rackett.
Put him in the bilge and let him drink it.
That's what you do with a drunken sailor.
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