“The Drunken Sailor”

Cultural  

1. A song of the sea. Some lines from it are:

   What shall we do with the drunken sailor,

   What shall we do with the drunken sailor,

   Early in the morning?

   Hooray and up she rises,

   Early in the morning.

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Example Sentences

“We are just like the drunken sailor with fifty bucks left in his pocket,” Kerr said, “we are going to spend it until it runs out and figure it out from there.”

From Seattle Times

A variant occurs in where Brennan plays the drunken sailor, Eddie, Bogart's companion at sea and sometimes on land; when asked "What do you look after him for", Bogart replies with chivalric simplicity: "He thinks he's looking after me."

From The Guardian

Others are modal in character, such as 'What shall we do with the drunken sailor?'

From Project Gutenberg

The sober sea observes her tide Even by the drunken sailor's side; The roaring rivers pressing high Seek to get in her company; She, rising, seems to take the cup, But other rivers drink all up.

From Project Gutenberg

Bobby's graphic account of his defense of the drunken sailor, together with his own vigorous disavowal of any heroism in the affair, won for him a halo.

From Project Gutenberg