what shall we do with the drunken sailor,(3x)
early in the morning!
Stick him in a bag and beat him senseless, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Put him in the longboat till he's sober, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Put Ryan in the brig until he's sober, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Slap him around and call him Suzie, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Put him in bed/the brig/the hold with the captain's 
daughter, (3×)[1] 
Early in the morning! 
You haven't seen the captain's daughter, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Keelhaul the man until he's sober, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Put 'im in the crow's nest and watch him fall down, 
(3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Put 'im in a leaky boat an' make 'im bail 'er, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Put him in the bilge and make him drink it, (3x) 
Early in the morning! 
Pull out the plug and wet him all over, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Give 'im the hair of the dog that bit him, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Put him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Put 'im in the back of the paddywagon, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Take 'im and shake 'im and try an' wake 'im, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Give 'im a dose of salt and water, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Stick on 'is back a mustard plaster, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Soak 'im in oil till he sprouts a flipper, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Put 'im in charge of an Exxon tanker, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Heave him by the leg in a running bowline, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Keelhaul him, keelhaul him, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Shave his belly with a rusty razor, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Hold 'im down an' lick his eyeballs, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Set him polishing up the brasswork, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
'Round with the rum and scotch and whiskey, (3×) 
Early in the morning! 
Go to the market and buy some apples, (3x) 
Early in the morning! 
Outro 
That's what we'll do with a drunken sailor, (3×) 
Early in the morning! (Amen