Drunken Sailor is a Sea Shanty; a type of work song that would help sailors keep a rhythm while they worked.
Great Big Sea is covering this traditional song, something that they do throughout this album and throughout their career.
What do you do with a drunken sailor
What do you do with a drunken sailor
What do you do with a drunken sailor
Earl-eye in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay up she rises
Way hay up she rises
Earl-eye in the morning
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Earl-eye in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Earl-eye in the morning
Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter
Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter
Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter
Earl-eye in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Earl-eye in the morning
What do you do with a drunken sailor
What do you do with a drunken sailor
What do you do with a drunken sailor
Earl-eye in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay up she rises
Earl-eye in the morning
Put him the back of the paddy wagon
Put him the back of the paddy wagon
Put him the back of the paddy wagon
Earl-eye in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay up she rises
Earl-eye in the morning
Throw him in the lock-up 'til he's sober
Throw him in the lock-up 'til he's sober
Throw him in the lock-up 'til he's sober
Earl-eye in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Earl-eye in the morning
What do you do with a drunken sailor
What do you do with a drunken sailor
What do you do with a drunken sailor
Earl-eye in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Earl-eye in the morning
What do you do with a drunken sailor
What do you do with a drunken sailor
What do you do with a drunken sailor
Earl-eye in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Earl-eye in the morning
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay up she rises
Earl-eye in the morning