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"Drunken Sailor" is a sea shanty, also known as "What Shall We Do with a/the Drunken Sailor?" The shanty was sung to accompany certain work tasks aboard sailing ships, especially those that required a bright walking pace. It is believed to originate in the early 19th century or before, during a period when ships' crews, especially those of military vessels, were sufficiently large to permit hauling a rope whilst simply marching along the deck. With the advent of merchant packet and clipper ships and their smaller crews, which required different working methods, use of the shanty appears to have declined or shifted to other, minor tasks. "Drunken Sailor" was revived as a popular song among non-sailors in the 20th century, and grew to become one of the best-known songs of the shanty repertoire among mainstream audiences. It has been performed and recorded by many musical artists and appeared in many popular media. Although the song's lyrics vary, they usually contain some variant of the question, "What shall we do with a drunken sailor, early in the morning?" In some styles of performance, each successive verse suggests a method of sobering or punishing the drunken sailor. In other styles, further questions are asked and answered about different people. The song is No. 322 in the Roud Folk Song Index. ==Origins== The air of the song, in the Dorian mode and in duple march rhythm, has been compared to the style of a bagpipe melody.〔Sharp, Cecil. 1914. ''English Folk-Chanteys''. Pg. 66.〕 The authorship and origin of "Drunken Sailor" are unknown. However, the melody does sound quite similar to the chorus of the traditional Irish ballad "''Óró sé do bheatha abhaile''," and a possible adaptation may be suspected. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Drunken Sailor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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