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Sloop John B
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We come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we do roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well, I feel so broke up
I wanna 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 wanna go home, yeah, yeah
Well, I feel so broke up
I wanna go home
The first mate, he got drunk
Broke in the captain's trunk
Constable had to come
And take him away
Sheriff Johnstone
Why don't you leave me alone?
Yeah, yeah
Well, I feel so broke up
I wanna 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 wanna go home
Why don't you let me go home?
Well, I feel so broke up
I wanna go home
The poor cook, he caught the fits
He threw away all my grits
Then he took and he ate up
All of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home?
This is the worst trip
I've ever been on
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home
I wanna go home
Why don't you let me go home?
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