Sloop John B

[Intro]

 

[Verse 1]

We come on the sloop John B

My grand-father and me

Around Nas-sau town we did roam.

Drinkin’ all night,

Got into a fight.

Well, I feel so break up,

I wanna’ go home.

 

 

[Chorus]

So, hoist up the John B sail,

See how the main-sail’s set.

Call for the captain a-shore, let me go home.

Let me go home,

I wanna’ go home.

Well, I feel so break up,

I wanna’ go home.

 

 

[Verse 2]

First Mate, he got drunk,

Broke up the peo-ple’s trunk.

Constable had to come and take him away.

Sheriff John Stone,

Why don’t you leave me a-lone?

Well, I feel so break up,

I wanna’ go home.

 

 

[Chorus]

So, hoist up the John B sail,

See how the main-s’l sets.

Call for the captain a-shore, let me go home.

Let me go home,

I wanna’ go home.

Well, I feel so break up,

I wanna’ go home.

 

 

[Verse 3]

Well, the poor cook he caught the fits,

Throw away all my grits.

Then he took and he ate up all of my corn.

Let me go home,

I wanna’ go home,

This is the worst trip,

Since I’ve been born.

 

 

[Chorus]

So, hoist up the John B sail,

See how the main-s’l sets.

Call for the captain a-shore, let me go home.

Let me go home,

I wanna’ go home.

Well, I feel so break up,