Weigh heigh and up she rises -- 1799

1799 weigh heigh and up she rises --- weigh heigh and up she rises --- weigh heigh and up she rises early in the morning what shall we do with a drunken sailor----------------/the Queen o’ Sheba/a limejuice skipper. what shall we do with a drunken sailor what shall we do with a drunken sailor early in the morning. chuck him in the long boat till he's sober ---- put him in the long-boat and make him bale her ---- lock him in the guard room 'til he gets sober. put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him. ---- pull out the plug and wet him all over ----- tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under ------ Heave him by the leg in a runnin' bowline. ----- Scrape the hair off his chest with a hoop-iron razor. ------ Give 'im a dose of salt and water. ----- Stick on his back a mustard plaster. ---- Keep him there and make 'im bale 'er. ----- Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope end. ----- Soak him in oil till he sprouts a flipper. ----- Shave his chin with a rusty razor. ----- Shave his belly with a rusty razor. ----- Give 'im a hair of the dog that bit him. ----- Put him in the bilge and make him drink it. ------ Put him in bed with the captain's daughter. The shanty, "Weigh heigh and up she rises" was sung to accompany certain work tasks aboard sailing ships, especially those that required a bright walking pace. The shanty is believed to have originated in 1799 , when English ships' crews were sufficiently large to permit hauling a rope whilst simply marching along the deck.