Song facts: “Drunken Sailor” is a sea shanty and is thought to go back as far as the 1820s. It is one of the best known shanty songs among mainstream audiences.

Harmonica type: diatonic

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What shal we do with the drunken sailor, 
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What shal we do with the drunken sailor, 
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What shal we do with the drunken sailor, 
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Earl-aye in the morning?

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Way Hey and up she rises
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Way Hey and up she rises
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Way Hey and up she rises
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Earl-aye in the morning?

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