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A dramatic arrangement of one of the most famous of all sea shanties.

“Drunken Sailor”, also known as “What Shall We Do with a/the Drunken Sailor?”, is a traditional sea shanty. It was sung onboard sailing ships at least as early as the 1830s, and it shares its tune with the traditional Irish folk song “Óró sé do bheatha abhaile”.

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