Drunken Sailor – July 1900
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
As noted in the 26 July 1900 issue of the Honolulu Advertiser:
On a side note, the Star of Italy (1877) was a three-masted, iron-hulled ship built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, (Northern) Ireland. She was one of the “seven vessels that were granted Hawaiian registry after annexation [of Hawai‘i in 1898] and supposedly for the purpose of coming under the American flag with the rest of the Hawaiian merchant marine.”1“SHIPS TO BE REGISTERED.” The Evening Bulletin. March 14, 1900. The other six ships were: Euterpe (currently Star of India at the Maritime Museum of San Diego in San Diego, California), Falls of Clyde, Star of Bengal, Star of France, Star of Russia, and Willscott.
Transcript:
“Lock Me Up.”
“Thomas McCloud—Star of Italy—paralyzed drunk—can’t see—lay me down gently—lock me up—hoop-la!”
The above was the one-minute speech made by an intoxicated sailor belonging to the ship Star of Italy last night when taken to the police station for a night’s lodging and asked concerning his name. McCloud had been rolling in the mud and was a sad spectacle.
