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 broke in the Cap'n's trunk T   he 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