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The thread’s main topic is identifying the meaning/source of a posted sea-shanty video and what the song’s lyrics are “about.” One contributor asks about it, and the response explains it as the classic call-and-response chant “What You Gonna Do With a Drunken Sailor?”—highlighting the repeated question, the comic description of the drunken sailor, and the mock “discipline” plan (tying him up, making him listen to the wind, then getting him back in order). Overall sentiment is light and casual, with no disagreement or further questions.
The thread’s main topic is identifying the meaning/source of a posted sea-shanty video and what the song’s lyrics are “about.” One contributor asks about it, and the response explains it as the classic call-and-response chant “What You Gonna Do With a Drunken Sailor?”—highlighting the repeated question, the comic description of the drunken sailor, and the mock “discipline” plan (tying him up, making him listen to the wind, then getting him back in order). Overall sentiment is light and casual, with no disagreement or further questions.
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That one is basically the classic sea-shanty “What You Gonna Do With a Drunken Sailor?”—it’s the call-and-response chant with a set routine.
What happens in the lyrics (in plain terms):
What happens in the lyrics (in plain terms):
- The crew asks (over and over) what you’re going to do with a drunken sailor.
- Then they describe him being a mess in the morning (falling in the hold, sleeping there, clothes tattered).
- The “plan” is to tie him to the rail, let him hear the gale/wind, and “po them up slow with a rope and a laugh” / get him back in line—i.e., comic discipline and getting him seaworthy again.
