Harpooner Songs

Harpooner Songs is a book found in Dishonored, The Knife of Dunwall and Dishonored: The Return of Daud.

Transcript
[Excerpt from a book of sea shantys sung by sailors]

What will we do with the drunken whaler

What will we do with the drunken whaler

What will we do with the drunken whaler

Early in the morning

Feed him to the hungry rats for dinner

Feed him to the hungry rats for dinner

Feed him to the hungry rats for dinner

Early in the morning

Way, hey and up she rises

Way, hey and up she rises

Way, hey and up she rises

Early in the morning

Slice his throat with a rusty cleaver

Slice his throat with a rusty cleaver

Slice his throat with a rusty cleaver

Early in the morning

Stuff him in a sack and throw him over

Stuff him in a sack and throw him over

Stuff him in a sack and throw him over

Early in the morning

Way, hey and up she rises

Way, hey and up she rises

Way, hey and up she rises

Early in the morning

Location

 * In Dishonored, copies can be found in several places:
 * In the servants' quarters at the Hound Pits Pub.
 * On the top floor of the Greaves Refinery, on a shelf to the left of the entrance, during the mission, The Flooded District.
 * In The Knife of Dunwall, a copy can be found in the storage house in the Rothwild Slaughterhouse Yard during the mission A Captain of Industry.
 * In The Return of Daud, the first two stanzas are quoted at the beginning of Chapter 6.

Trivia

 * The lyrics in the journal were used in the gameplay trailer for Dishonored.
 * The soundtrack version includes more verses, including, "Shoot him in the heart with a loaded pistol."
 * The song is based on the sea shanty "Drunken Sailor," which describes ways to punish a sailor for insobriety.
 * During the DLC mission A Captain of Industry, Bundry Rothwild sings a line of the song as a parody over the Slaughterhouse's loudspeaker: (Sings) "What shall we do with a striking worker...?" (Laughs) "What shall we do with you, Miss Ames?"
 * During the Dishonored 2 mission Death to the Empress, Corvo Attano or Emily Kaldwin may sing the first verse over Dunwall's loudspeakers, provided they have eliminated the mission's target.
 * In the 2021 video game Deathloop, also made by Arkane Studios, the tune of the song can be heard on a tape recorder, with commentary provided via the in-game note RF Note: The Fuck is This?.

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