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?
Put him in the guardroom till he gets sober.
Put him in the guardroom till he gets sober.
Don’t criminalise addictive behaviour
Early in the morning?
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?
Put him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him.
Put him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him.
Shock treatments are dehumanising
Early in the morning?
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?
Tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under
Tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under
Abuse of physical boundaries is wrong behaviour
Early in the morning?
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?
Scrape the hair off his chest with a rusty razor
Scrape the hair off his chest with a rusty razor
Idealising body image always ends in failure
Early in the morning?
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?
Put him in the long-boat and make him bail her
Put him in the long-boat and make him bail her
There’s no self-expression in enforced menial labor
Early in the morning?
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?
Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end.
Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end.
There’s no such thing as justifiable violence
Early in the morning?
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?
Put him in bed with the captain's daughter.
Put him in bed with the captain's daughter.
Informed consent is an uncrossable border
Early in the morning?
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!