I always wondered if it’s implied that she’s ugly or that the sailor will get in trouble with the captain.
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aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 months ago
He was found in bed with the Captain’s daughter.
Justas@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
The “captain’s daughter” was a euphemism for the cat o’ nine tails. So in other words, that line means give the drunken sailor a lashing as punishment.
ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yooo really?? I never knew, always interpreted it literally
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That sounds like something a prude would invent to reconcile their strict moral code with their desire to join in singing sea shanties.
Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Think about it inside the context of the song. Every other line is a type of punishment:
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Shave his belly with a rusty razor (give him tetanus)
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Stick him in a scupper with a hosepipe on him (scupper= hole in the side of the ship, so stick his head in a hole and hit him with a hosepipe)
Why would this line suddenly be different?
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Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 months ago
It seems more likely to me than that a captain would bring his daughter onto his ship with a bunch of untrustworthy men and career violence.
ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I think it’s the latter
jaybone@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Isn’t it: put him in the hold with the captains daughter? And there I thought captains daughter was slang for a cat o’ nine tails, which was a type of whip. Though if they put him in the hold with the captains actual daughter, that might be a good way to get a guy killed.
StoneyDcrew@lemmy.world 3 months ago
He was found in bed with the Captain’s daughter. He was found in bed with the Captain’s daughter, Early in the morning!