Sloop John B

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Sloop John B by The Beach Boys

About Sloop John B

"Sloop John B" is the seventh track on The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album and was also a single which was released in 1966 on Capitol Records. It was originally a traditional West Indies folk song, possibly recorded earliest by The Weavers under the title "Wreck of the John B", the song taken from a collection by Carl Sandburg (1927). Alan Lomax made a field recording of the song in Nassau, 1935, under the title "Histe Up the John B. Sail". This recording appears on the album Bahamas 1935: Chanteys And Anthems From Andros And Cat Island. .

Sloop John B Lyrics

[00:03.68] We come on the sloop John B
[00:07.57] My grandfather and me
[00:11.32] Around Nassau town, we did roam
[00:17.93] Drinking all night
[00:21.52] Got into a fight
[00:26.11] Well, I feel so broke up, I wanna go home
[00:34.30] So hoist up the John B's sail
[00:38.11] See how the mainsail sets
[00:42.13] Call for the captain ashore, let me go home
[00:48.57] Let me go home
[00:52.05] I wanna go home, ay-yeah-ay
[00:56.62] Well, I feel so broke up, I wanna go home
[01:04.73] The first mate he got drunk
[01:08.58] And broke in the captain's trunk
[01:12.39] The constable had to come and take him away
[01:18.91] Sheriff John Stone
[01:22.43] Why don't you leave me alone? Yeah, yeah
[01:27.36] Well, I feel so broke up, I wanna go home
[01:34.96] So hoist up the John B's sail (hoist up the John B's sail)
[01:39.39] See how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail sets)
[01:43.32] Call for the captain ashore, let me go home
[01:47.98] Let me go home, I wanna go home
[01:51.78] Let me go home
[01:53.36] (Why don't you let me go?)
[01:54.43] Hoist up the John B's sail (hoist up the John B)
[01:58.53] Feel so broke up, I wanna go home
[02:03.34] Let me go home
[02:06.17] The poor cook, he caught the fits
[02:10.05] And threw away all my grits
[02:13.90] And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
[02:20.58] Let me go home
[02:23.74] Why don't they let me go home?
[02:28.76] This is the worst trip I've ever been on
[02:36.00] So hoist up the John B's sail (hoist up the John B's sail)
[02:40.37] See how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail sets)
[02:44.18] Call for the captain ashore, let me go home
[02:48.61] Let me go home, I wanna go home
[02:52.27] Let me go home
[02:53.70]

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