Finally, an answer:

[demmiblue]

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[PJMcK]

1. Throw 'im in the berth with the Captain's daughter! (n/t)

[MyOwnPeace]

6. Oooooooh!

Never heard THAT verse before!

[leftieNanner]

2. "Ear-lie in the mornin' "

[ret5hd]

3. Guess I'm slow.

[Fla Dem]

5. Spoiler

An old timey song.

[MyOwnPeace]

8. This tune has been a choral classic for years.........

probably the most famous/popular was an arrangement by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker, a legendary duo famous for many arrangements throughout the mid-twentieth century.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. "Shave his balls with a rusty razor..."

Ear-lye in the morning.

[MyOwnPeace]

7. My GAWD!

I've never heard THAT verse either! I guess I've led a sheltered life - or was raised too far from any naval base!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Sea chanteys tend to be rather bawdy.

[MyOwnPeace]

10. My "knowledge" of them

was from high school (see earlier post - #8 - regarding choral music). You couldn't sing verses like that (well, at least back then!).

[Wounded Bear]

11. And the verses are often made up as singers go along...

very creative.

[hunter]

12. It's not fifty years yet.

Otherwise I might add a few verses to the song.