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What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
Contemplating what to do with the intoxicated sailor
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
Repeating the question about the drunken sailor
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
Continuing to ask what actions to take with the inebriated sailor
What shall we do with the drunken sailor
Reiterating the inquiry about the drunken sailor
Early in the morning
Indicating that the events are happening early in the morning
Way hey and up she rises
Using a chant ("Way hey and up she rises") as a rhythmic element
Way hey and up she rises
-Way hey and up she rises
-Early in the morning
-Throw him in the longboat till he's sober
Suggesting the solution of placing the sailor in the longboat until sober
Throw him in the longboat till he's sober
-Throw him in the longboat till he's sober
-Early in the morning
-Way hey and up she rises
Continuing the rhythmic chant
Way hey and up she rises
-Way hey and up she rises
-Early in the morning
-Toss him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him
Proposing another solution: throwing the sailor in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him
Toss him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him
-Toss him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him
-Early in the morning
-Way hey and up she rises
Repeating the rhythmic chant
Way hey and up she rises
-Way hey and up she rises
-Early in the morning
-Hoist him up to the topsail yardarm
Suggesting hoisting the sailor up to the topsail yardarm as a remedy
Hoist him up to the topsail yardarm
-Hoist him up to the topsail yardarm
-Early in the morning
-Way hey and up she rises
Continuing the rhythmic chant
Way hey and up she rises
-Way hey and up she rises
-Early in the morning
-Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Introducing the idea of shaving the sailor's belly with a rusty razor
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
-Shave his belly with a rusty razor
-Early in the morning
-Heave him by the leg in a running bowline
Heaving the sailor by the leg in a running bowline is proposed
Heave him by the leg in a running bowline
-Heave him by the leg in a running bowline
-Early in the morning
-Way hey and up she rises
Continuing the rhythmic chant
Way hey and up she rises
-Way hey and up she rises
-Early in the morning
-Roll him over and drive him windward
Suggesting rolling the sailor over and driving him windward
Roll him over and drive him windward
-Roll him over and drive him windward
-Early in the morning
-Way hey and up she rises
Continuing the rhythmic chant
Way hey and up she rises
-Way hey and up she rises
-Early in the morning
-Run him up the mast with the Jolly Roger
Proposing running the sailor up the mast with the Jolly Roger (pirate flag)
Run him up the mast with the Jolly Roger
-Run him up the mast with the Jolly Roger
-Early in the morning
-Way hey and up she rises
Continuing the rhythmic chant
Way hey and up she rises
-Way hey and up she rises
-Early in the morning
-Put him in bed with the captain's daughter
Suggesting putting the sailor in bed with the captain's daughter
Put him in bed with the captain's daughter
-Put him in bed with the captain's daughter
-Early in the morning
-Way hey and up she rises
Continuing the rhythmic chant
Way hey and up she rises
-Way hey and up she rises
-Early in the morning
-That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor
Concluding with the decision to implement the proposed actions
That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor
-That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor
-Early in the morning
-Way hey and up she rises
Final repetition of the rhythmic chant
Way hey and up she rises
-Way hey and up she rises
-Early in the morning
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