[Intro]
Ready boys?

[Verse 1]
Da mate was drunk and he went below
To take a swig at his bottle-o

[Chorus]
So early in the morning the sailor likes his bottle-o

[Verse 2]
The bottle-o, the bottle-of-o
The sailor loves his bottle-o

[Chorus]
So early in the morning the sailor likes his bottle-o

[Verse 3]
A bottle of rum, a bottle of gin
A bottle of Irish whiskey-o

[Chorus]
So early in the morning the sailor likes his bottle-o

[Verse 4]
Tobaccy-o, tobaccy-o
The sailor loves his 'baccy-o
[Chorus]
So early in the morning the sailor likes his bottle-o

[Verse 5]
A packet of shag, a packet of cut
A plug o' hard torbaccy-o

[Chorus]
So early in the morning the sailor likes his bottle-o

[Verse 6]
The lassies-o, the maidens-o
The sailor loves the judies-o

[Chorus]
So early in the morning the sailor likes his bottle-o

[Verse 7]
A lass from the 'pool, a girl from the Tyne
A chowlah so fine and dandy-o

[Chorus]
So early in the morning the sailor likes his bottle-o

[Verse 8]
A bully rough house, a bully rough house
The sailor like his rough house-o
[Chorus]
So early in the morning the sailor likes his bottle-o

[Verse 9]
A tread on me coat, and all hands in
A bully good rough and tumble-o

[Chorus]
So early in the morning the sailor likes his bottle-o

[Verse 10]
A sing-song-o, a sing-song-o
The sailor likes a sing-song-o

[Chorus]
So early in the morning the sailor likes his bottle-o

[Verse 11]
A drinking song, a song o' love
A ditty of seas and shipmates-o

[Chorus]
So early in the morning the sailor likes his bottle-o