We come on the sloop John B

My grandfather and me

Around Nassau town, we did roam

Drinkin' all night (drinkin' all night)

Got into a fight (got into a fight)

Well, I feel so break up

I want to go home

(I want to go home, home now)

Hoist up the John B's sails

See how the main sails set

Call for the captain ashore, let me go home (let me go home)

Let me go home, I want to go home

Why don't you let me go home

Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home

First mate, he got drunk

Broke up the people's trunk

Constable had to come and take him away

Sheriff John Stone (Sheriff John Stone)

Why don't you leave me alone (why don't you leave me alone)

Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home (I want to go home)

Hoist up the John B's sails

See how the main sails set

Call for the captain ashore, let me go home (let me go home)

Let me go home, I want to go home

Why don't you let me go home

Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home

Well, the poor cook he caught the fits

Throw away all of my grits

Then he took and he ate up all of my corn

Let me go home, I want to go home

Why don't you let me go home

This is the worst trip since I've been born

Hoist up the John B's sails, see how the main sails set

Call for the captain ashore, let me go home

Let me go home, I want to go home

Why don't you let me go home

Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home