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The Beach Boys V2
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[Verse 1]
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We come on the sloop John B
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My grandfather and me
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Around Nassau town we do roam
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Drinking all night
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Got into a fight
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Well I feel so broke up
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I wanna go home
[Chorus]
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So hoist up the John B's sail
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See how the mainsail sets
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Call for the Captain ashore, let me go home
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Let me go home
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I wanna go home, yeah, yeah
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Well I feel so broke up
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I wanna go home (duddudud, dudduddud, duddudud)
[Verse 2]
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The first mate he got drunk
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And broke in the Captain's trunk
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The constable had to come and take him away
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Sheriff John Stone
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Why don't you leave me alone, yeah, yeah
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Well I feel so broke up
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I wanna go home
[Chorus]
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Go hoist up the John B's sail (hoist up the John B)
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See how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail)
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Call for the Captain ashore, let me go home (let me go home)
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I wanna go home (let me go home)
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Why don't you let me go home (hoist up the John B, hoist up the John B)
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I feel so broke up
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I wanna go home (let me go home, the John B)
[Verse 3]
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The poor cook he caught the fits
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And threw away all my grits
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And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
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Let me go [double-time] home
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Why don't they let me go home? (aha, ooh) (next single time again)
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This is the worst trip
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I've ever been on
[Outro] (double time but gradually fading till the middle to follow
recording)
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Go hoist up the John B's sail (hoist up the John B)
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See how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail)
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Call for the Captain ashore, let me go home (let me go home)
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I wanna go home (let me go home)
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Why don't you let me go home
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I feel so broke up
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I wanna go home