Oh, my granddaddy and me

Would sail on the Sloop John B

Around Nassau town we did roam

Mm-hmm, we got into a fight

Ah, we were drinkin' all night

Yeah now, I feel so break up

I wanna go home

C'mon now, we'll run up the John B's sail

We gonna see how the mainsail sets

We gotta send for the Captain ashore

Oh, let me go home

I wanna go home

Yeah, let me go home

Don't you know I feel so break up

I just wanna go home

Now, the first mate he got drunk

And he broke up the people's trunk

The constable had to come and take him away

Ah, Sheriff John Stone

Can't you leave him alone?

Oh now, I feel so break up

I just wanna go home

C'mon lets all sing it now

Ya, run up the John B's sail

We gonna see how the mainsail sets

We gotta send for the Captain ashore

Oh, let me go home

I wanna go home

Yeah, let me go home

Yeah now, I feel so break up

I just wanna go home

Ah, then the cookie, he took the fits (Yeah)

He ate up all my grits

And then the first mate he got drunk

Drank all of my corn (How did he get in here again?)

Sheriff John Stone

Why don't you leave him alone?

C'mon now, ha, I feel so break up

I just wanna go home

Run up it up now, yeah

We'll run up the John B's sail

We gonna see how the mainsail sets

We gotta send for the Captain ashore

Let me go home

Ah, I wanna go home

Yeah, let me go home

Don't you know, I feel so break up

I just wanna go home

Run up it up again, yeah

Ah, run up the John B's sail

And see how the mainsail sets

We gotta send for the Captain ashore

Let me go home