Play the Classic Sea Shanty “Drunken Sailor” with 3 Simple Chords

Drunken Sailor | Irish Folk song (Sea Shanty) " Drunken Sailor " is a traditional sea shanty (i.e., a sailor 's work song ) in the Dorian mode . It is also known as " What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor? " There are more than thousand versions/adaptations of this song across the world. The lyrics were first published in 1891 under the title " What to Do with a Drunken Sailor?" The melodies had already been published in 1824–1825 in Cole's Selection of Favorite Cotillions in Baltimore . Anot