Sloop John B. - Collin Raye

We come on the sloop John B

My grandfather and me

Around Nassau town we did roam

Drinking all night

Got into a fight, yeah yeah

Well I feel so broke up

I want to go home

So hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the Captain ashore

Let me go home

I want to go home

Why don’t they let me go home, yeah yeah

Oh I feel so broke up I want to go home

First mate he got drunk

Broke into the Cap’n’s trunk

The constable had to come and take him away

Sheriff John Stone

Why don’t they leave me alone, yeah yeah

Oh I feel so broke up I want to go home

So hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the Captain ashore

Let me go home (let me go home)

I want to go home (let me go home)

Why don’t they let me go home (hoist up the John B’s sail)

Yeah, I feel so broke up I want to go home

The poor cook he caught the fits

Threw away all my grits

Then he took and he ate up all of my corn

Sheriff John Stone

Why don’t they let me alone, yeah yeah

This is the worst trip I’ve ever been on

So hoist up the John B’s sail (so hoist up the John B’s sail)

See how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail sets)

Call for the Captain ashore

Let me go home (let me go home)

I want to go home (let me go home)

Why don’t they let me go home (hoist up the John B’s sail)

Well I feel so broke up I want to go home

So hoist up the John B’s sail (hoist up the John B’s sail)

I said see how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail sets)

Call for the Captain ashore

Let me go home (let me go home)

I want to go home (let me go home)

Why don’t they let me go home (hoist up the John B’s sail)

This is the worst trip I’ve ever been on