What shall we do with the drunken sailor?

What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
What shall we do with the drunken sailor early in the morning?

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Hooray & up she rises, hooray & up she rises,
Hooray & up she rises, early in the morning?

Don’t suggest that he’s been drinking, don’t suggest that he’s been drinking,
don’t suggest that he’s been drinking, that’s too prejudicial.

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Send him to the nurse in sick-bay, send him to the nurse in sick-bay,
send him to the nurse in sick-bay, it could be medication.

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Personnel should interview him, personnel should interview him,
personnel should interview him, else we’ll be in trouble.

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Let him put in mitigation, let him put in mitigation,
Let him put in mitigation, or he’s got us by the goolies!

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Give him first a verbal warning, give him first a verbal warning,
give him first a verbal warning, with his union rep. there.

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Give him then a written warning, give him then a written warning,
give him then a written warning, copied to his file.

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Stuff it all, it never happened, stuff it all it never happened,
stuff it all it never happened, it isn’t worth the hassle!

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