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It was sung aboard sailing ships at least as early as the 1830s. The song's lyrics vary, but 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 ...
"Early in the Morning" is a song by British band Vanity Fare, released as a single in June 1969. It became an international hit, peaking at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart and number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was awarded a gold disc for sales over one million.
On November 11, 1937, John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson recorded "Early in the Morning" for Bluebird Records. [5] The song is a medium-tempo twelve-bar blues that features Williamson's vocal and harmonica accompanied by Robert Lee McCoy (later known as Robert Nighthawk) and Henry Townsend on guitars. [6]
The song was used as the music for a film-making montage in Michel Gondry's 2008 film, Be Kind Rewind. Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl credits the song "Early in the Morning" for inspiring the drum intro on their hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Rise up so early in the morn; Can't you hear the captain shouting, "Dinah, blow your horn!" Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow your horn? Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow your horn? Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah Someone's in the kitchen I know Someone's in the kitchen ...
Early One Morning" (Roud V9617) is an English folk song with lyrics first found in publications as far back as 1787. [1] A broadside ballad sheet in the Bodleian Library , Oxford, dated between 1828 and 1829 [ 2 ] has the title "The Lamenting Maid" and refers to the lover leaving to become a sailor.
"Early in the Mornin'" or "'Early in the Morning" is a song that was recorded by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five in 1947. It is an early example of a blues which incorporates Afro-Cuban rhythms and percussive instruments. [1] "Early in the Mornin'" became a hit, reaching number three in Billboard magazine's race records chart. [2]
On a cold and frosty morning. Here we go round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush. Here we go round the mulberry bush On a cold and frosty morning. Other versions of the song tend to say "so early in the morning" or just "early in the morning" in place of "on a cold and frosty morning".