Sloop John B (with lyrics)

https://youtu.be/7SNcR6roU78

The Kingston Trio: Sloop John B

https://youtu.be/hkCwY9kdgDg

The Beach Boys - Sloop John B ( Rare Original Footage Twien Dutch TV )

https://youtu.be/0W4KkBwgP7c

Sloop John B Instrumental by the Beach Boys

https://youtu.be/0C7VjKIpf08

Lyrics

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 main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I want to 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 want to go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to 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 want to 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 main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home

Writer/s: Edwards, Nole / Wilson, Don / Bogle, Bob / Taylor, Melvin 
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Sloop John B

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"Sloop John B" is a traditional folk song from the Bahamas, also known as "The John B. Sails", which was included inCarl Sandburg's 1927 collection of folk songs The American Songbag. It is best known for its folk rock adaptation by the Beach Boys, which was produced and arranged by bandleader Brian Wilson. Released two months before their 11th studio album Pet Sounds (1966), it served as the lead single for the album, peaking at number 3 in the US and number 2 in the UK. In several other countries, the single was a number one hit.

Wilson based his version on the 1958 recording by the Kingston Trio, but took some liberties with the song's arrangement, changing a few lyrics, and at the suggestion of bandmate Al Jardine, modified one part of the song'schord progression to include a supertonic chord (ii). The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, his brother Carl Wilson, their cousinMike Love, and their friend Al Jardine all share lead vocal duties, while the instrumentation was provided mostly by thesession musician conglomerate nicknamed "the Wrecking Crew".^{[not verified in body]}

The song remains one of the group's best-remembered recordings of their mid 1960s period, containing an unusual and elaborate a cappella vocal section that was unlike anything in the pop music of its era.^[4] In 2011, the group's version of "Sloop John B" was ranked #271 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".^[5]