Charity changes 'Drunken sailor' rhyme to remove alcohol reference and turns 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' gender-neutral in woke re-imagining of childhood classics. By FRANKIE ELLIOTT FOR MAILONLINE.

The charity says that the shift from drunken sailor to "grumpy pirate" was to make the rhyme fit a pirate theme, rather than censorship. "Put him in the brig until he's sober," has also been lost in ...

Scottish Book Trust defends using alternative version of 'Drunken Sailor' nursery rhyme. The literacy charity explains why it uses the song What Shall We Do With The Grumpy Pirate?, saying the ...

A charity has defended using an alternative version of the popular children's nursery rhyme What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?, which removes alcohol and violence from the lyrics.

Variations such as the “grumpy pirate” reworking of drunken sailor are now widely used, it claimed, and said it had no issue with parents or children singing their own versions of songs.

A charity has defended using an alternative version of the popular children's nursery rhyme What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?, which removes alcohol and violence from the lyrics. The Scottish ...