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The Beach Boys - Sloop John B lyrics

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We come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did 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
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
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, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
(Hoist up the John B's sail)
Hoist up the John B
I feel so broke up I wanna go home
Let me go home.

The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And 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, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home.
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Author: Traditional, Don Wilson, Mel Taylor, Nokie Edwards, Robert Lenard Bogle, Brian Wilson

Composer: - traditional -, Brian Wilson

Publisher: Capitol Records

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Released in: 1966

Language: English

Covered by: Me First And The Gimme Gimmes , Paola Felix (1980, German) , Cornelis Vreeswijk (2000, Swedish) , Jan Rot (2006, Dutch) , Normaal (2007, Dutch)

Translations: German

Appearing on: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (1999) , Le Meilleur Des Beach Boys (1999) , Greatest Hits (1994) , The Definite Album (1970) , Good Vibrations - best of (1975) , Original Gold (1999) , Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys (5 cd Box) (1993) , Sounds Of Summer (2003) , 20 Golden Greats (1976) , California Gold (1991) , The Very Best Of The Beach Boys (2001) , Today! And Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!!) (1965) , Pet Sounds (Remastered) (2006) , Pet Sounds (1966) , Good Vibrations (1973) , In Concert (1973) (2000) , Live (2013) , The Beach Boys in Concert (1973) , Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 (1996) , Original Gold (1999) , The Very Best Of (2001) , The Platinum Collection (2005)

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