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Go To Sea No More
On March 18, 1474
The Earl of Kildare establishes the Brotherhood of St George as a defence force for the Pale, with 120 mounted archers, 40 horsemen and 40 pages.
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Drunken Sailor
(Trad)
Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Earlye in the morning

What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
Earlye in the morning?

Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Earlye in the morning

Put him in the scuppers with the hose pipe on him
Put him in the scuppers with the hose pipe on him
Put him in the scuppers with the hose pipe on him
Earlye in the morning

Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Earlye in the morning

Put him in the longboat 'til he's sober
Put him in the longboat 'til he's sober
Put him in the longboat 'til he's sober
Earlye in the morning

Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Earlye in the morning

Hoist him up to the topsail yardarm
Hoist him up to the topsail yardarm
Hoist him up to the topsail yardarm
Earlye in the morning

Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Earlye in the morning

That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor
That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor
That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor
Earlye in the morning

Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Earlye in the morning
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