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"Sloop John B" is a song by the Beach Boys and the
seventh track on their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It was originally a traditional
West Indies folk song, "The John B. Sails", taken from Carl
Sandburg's 1927 collection of folk songs, The American Songbag. Brian Wilson
sang, produced, and arranged the Beach Boys' recording. Released as an A-sided
single two months before Pet Sounds, it peaked at number 3 in the US and number
2 in the UK. In several other countries, the single was a number one hit.
The group's folk rock[1] adaptation of "Sloop John
B" was ranked #271 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of
All Time.[2]
Sloop John B 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
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.
Songwriters: Edwards, Nole / Wilson, Don / Bogle, Bob /
Taylor, Melvin
Sloop John B lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
PS
A very popular group song during our medical
student days 1960-65