1y ago

Wey hey and up she rises

27 comments

What shall we do with a drunken sailor
\ What shall we do with a drunken sailor
\ What shall we do with a drunken sailor
\ Fine him and suspend him.
- Give him a fine and then suspend him
  Give him a fine and then suspend him
  Give him a fine and then suspend him
  Early in the morning
  
  Community service for reoffending
  \ Community service for reoffending
  \ Community service for reoffending
  \ He's on his final warning
- Suspend his license and stick im with fines
  Oh Suspend his license and stick im with fines
  Oh Suspend his license and stick im with fines
  EAR-LIE IN THEH MOURNIN
- I never knew the words to this melody in its entirety. I only knew it as da dadada da-da drunken sailor.
  
  What the fuck were you doing with your life when Assassin's Creed Black Flag came out? I pretty much rocked drunken sailor on repeat when sailing the seas.
  
  I'll be honest, I had to look it up, to make sure it was right.
  Not much call for singing about drunk sailors anymore.
- Drop a \ at the end of the sentence for the line break
Fake and dumb. You shave his belly with a rusty razor, something we’ve known for over a century, at least.
He was found in bed with the Captain's daughter.
- I always wondered if it's implied that she's ugly or that the sailor will get in trouble with the captain.
  
  The "captain's daughter" was a euphemism for the cat o' nine tails. So in other words, that line meant give the drunken sailor a lashing as punishment.
  
  I think it's the latter
- He was found in bed with the Captain's daughter.
  He was found in bed with the Captain's daughter,
  Early in the morning!
- Isn’t it: put him in the hold with the captains daughter? And there I thought captains daughter was slang for a cat o’ nine tails, which was a type of whip. Though if they put him in the hold with the captains actual daughter, that might be a good way to get a guy killed.

27 comments