When I was preparing yesterday's post, Blow The Man Down, I came across the Drunken sailor shanty. We used to sing this as kids when I was growing up. After the initial question of what to do with the drunken sailor, each verse suggests a method of sobering or abusing the drunken sailor. As kids, we always thought it would be awful to shave a belly with a rusty razor. I think we ended up making our own verses of what to do with the drunken sailor.
I also did some research and found this site which had alternative verses. Now, its uncanny because I realized I bought cd's last weekend from the gentleman in the photo playing the dulcimer on the linked page. I was at the Renaissance Faire in Irwindale, CA last weekend.
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