What’ll we do with a [bad word] sailor,
What’ll we do with a [bad word] sailor,
What’ll we do with a [bad word] sailor,
Earl-aye in the morning?
Припев:
Weigh heigh and up she rises
Weigh heigh and up she rises
Weigh heigh and up she rises
Earl-aye in the morning
Завершающий припев:
That’s what we do with a [bad word] Sailor,
That’s what we do with a [bad word] Sailor,
That’s what we do with a [bad word] Sailor,
Earl-aye in the morning
Традиционный текст:
1. Shave his belly with [bad word] razor, (x3)
2. Put him in the long boat till he’s sober, (x3)
3. Put him in the scuppers with a hawse pipe on him.(x3)
4. Put him in bed with the captain’s daughter.(x3)
Структура песни: песня начинается вступлением, затем идет припев, затем идет по следующей структуре:
Куплет 1 (x3),Earl-aye in the morning?, припев,
Куплет 2 (x3),Earl-aye in the morning?, припев,
Куплет 3 (x3),Earl-aye in the morning?, припев,
Куплет 4 (x3),Earl-aye in the morning?, припев
Завершающий припев
Thats what we do with a [bad word] sailor
Другие варианты куплетов:
5. Beat him with a cat 'til his back is bleedin'
6. Put him in the bilge and make him drink it
7. [bad word] him up with [bad word]  bowline.
8. Give 'im a dose of salt and water.
9. Stick on 'is back a mustard plaster.
10. Send him up the crow’s nest till he falls down,
11. Tie him to the taffrail when she’s yardarm under,
12. Soak 'im in oil 'til he sprouts a flipper.
13. Put him in the guard room 'til he’s sober.
14. That’s what we’ll do with the [bad word] sailor.
15. Shave his balls with [bad word] razor.
16. Make him the skipper of an Exxon tanker.
17. Give 'im the hair of the dog that bit him.

Пластинка [bad word] Sailor Medley перепетой Джоном Болтцеллом
Варианты:
1+. Keep him there and make 'im bale 'er.
2a. Pull out the plug and wet him all over,
3a. Shave his back with [bad word] razor.
4a. Give 'im a taste of the bosun’s rope-end.
6a. Heave 'im by the leg with [bad word]  bowline.
Вариант припева:
Hoo-ray and up she rises,
Hoo-ray and up she rises,
Hoo-ray and up she rises,
Earl-aye in the morning.

В компьютерной игре Dishonored в качестве главной темы использовался следующий вариант песни:
What will we do with a [bad word] whaler,
What will we do with a [bad word] whaler,
What will we do with a [bad word] whaler,
Early in the morning?
Weigh heigh and up she rises,
Weigh heigh and up she rises,
Weigh heigh and up she rises,
Early in the morning.
Stuff him in a sack and throw him over,
Stuff him in a sack and throw him over,
Stuff him in a sack and throw him over,
Early in the morning.
Feed him to the hungry rats for dinner,
Feed him to the hungry rats for dinner,
Feed him to the hungry rats for dinner,
Early in the morning.
Weigh heigh and up she rises,
Weigh heigh and up she rises,
Weigh heigh and up she rises,
Early in the morning.
Shoot him through the heart with a loaded pistol,
Shoot him through the heart with a loaded pistol,
Shoot him through the heart with a loaded pistol,
Early in the morning.
Slice his throat with [bad word] Cleaver,
Slice his throat with [bad word] Cleaver,
Slice his throat with [bad word] Cleaver,
Early in the morning.
Weigh heigh and up she rises,
Weigh heigh and up she rises,
Weigh heigh and up she rises,
Early in the morning.