What shall we do with a drunken sailor? Traditional Cache
lyonden_ut: Thought it was dead already. This is part of my shutting down/leaving caching after 11 years.
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
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With Damenace quitting, I could not let this location go unmarked.
If you have been in this area before and looking for his "Mind in
the Gutter" cache, you will know what you are looking for. here
before, you know what you are looking for. You will still need a
pen.This nano is in disguise, you will not be able to see him so
you will have to rely on a different sense. Please be discreet.
There is plenty of parking near by.
So, what does this song have to do with this cache hide, well, it
is the chantie that popped into my mind when I was placing it. As a
Retired Navy Type, I have had my chance to see more than one
drunken Sailor.
According to the The Burl Ives Song Book the song is representative
of capstan chanties. The shanty was a tune designed to aid sailors
in their work. Additional verses could be created as necessary
until the job was completed. The capstan chanty was a moderate tune
sung to raising the anchor. In order to raise the anchor bars were
inserted into the capstan and sailors would walk around it, turning
the capstan to raise the anchor. Sailors would stamp on the deck on
the words "Way Hay and Up She Rises."
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
Early in the morning.
Chorus:
Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Way-hay, up she rises
Early in the morning.
Alternate verses (repeat 3 times):
1. Sling him in the long boat till he's sober
2. Keep him there and make 'im bale 'er.
3. Pull out the plug and wet him all over
4. Take 'im and shake 'im, try an' wake 'im.
5. Trice him up in a runnin' bowline.
6. Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end.
7. Give 'im a dose of salt and water.
8. Stick on 'is back a mustard plaster.
9. Shave his belly with a rusty razor.
10. Send him up the crow's nest till he falls down
11. Tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under
12. Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him.
13. Soak 'im in oil till he sprouts flippers.
14. Put him in the guard room till he's sober.
15. Put him in bed with the captain's daughter (captain's daughter
is a reference to a whip).
16. Take the Baby and call it Bo'sun.
17. Turn him over and drive him windward.
18. Put him in the scuffs until the horse bites on him.
19. Heave him by the leg and with a rung console him.
20. That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor.
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