Tonnerre a écrit :
Une très connue, qui a fait le tour du monde et fait partie intégrante du folklore américain et anglais; l'air est celui d'une danse traditionnelle irlandaise: "Ori Se Do Bheatha Bhaile":
"What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor", par le groupe Irish Rovers.
Comme l'indiquent les paroles "Way hey up she rises", c'est une chanson à hisser ou à hâler: pour hisser les voiles ou remonter l'ancre bien ensemble et bien en rythme. Les strophes énumèrent les différents mauvais traitements qu'on peut infliger à un marin ivre pour le désoûler:
"Shave his belly (variante: his balls) with a rusty razor", "put him in a long boat till he's sober" "put him in a bed with the captain's daughter", "put a lobster in his britches" etc. (lui raser le ventre avec un rasoir rouillé, le mettre dans une chaloupe jusqu'à ce qu'il soit sobre, le mettre dans un lit avec la fille du capitaine, mettre un homard dans sa culotte).
http://www.youtube.com/v/qGyPuey-1Jw "Drunken Sailor"
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
Earl-eye in the morning!
[Chorus:]
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Earl-eye in the morning
Shave his belly with a rusty razor,
Shave his belly with a rusty razor,
Shave his belly with a rusty razor,
Earl-eye in the morning!
[Chorus]
Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter,
Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter,
Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter,
Earl-eye in the morning!
[Chorus]
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
Earl-eye in the morning!
[Chorus]
Put him the back of the paddy wagon,
Put him the back of the paddy wagon,
Put him the back of the paddy wagon,
Earl-eye in the morning!
[Chorus]
Throw him in the lock-up 'til he's sober,
Throw him in the lock-up 'til he's sober,
Throw him in the lock-up 'til he's sober,
Earl-eye in the morning!
[Chorus]
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
Earl-eye in the morning!
[Chorus]
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
Earl-eye in the morning!
[Chorus]