<Dd> Early in the morning . </Dd> <P> Although this is the earliest discovered published mention, there is some indication that the shanty is at least as old as the 1820s . In Eckstorm and Smyth's collection Minstrelsy of Maine (published 1927), the editors note that one of their grandmothers, who sang the song, claimed to have heard it used during the task of tacking on the Penobscot River "probably considerably over a hundred years ago". </P> <P> Despite these indications of the song's existence in the first half of the 19th century, references to it are rare . They include a reference in a work of fiction from 1855 in which a drunken female cook is portrayed singing, </P> <Dl> <Dd> Hee roar, up she rouses, </Dd> <Dd> What shall we do with the drunken sailor? </Dd> </Dl>

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