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 want to 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 destroied the people's trunk The constable had to come and take him away Sheriff John Stone Please let me alone, yeah yeah I feel so broke up I wanna go home So hoist up the John B's sail See how the mainsail sets Send for the captain ashore Let me go home, let me go home I wanna go home, I feel so break up, I want to 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, I want to go home, This is the worst trip since I've been born. So hoist up the John B'ssail See how the mainsail sets Send for the captain ashore Let me go home, I want to go home, Well I feel so break up, I want to go home.