Down On The Sloop John B. – Gary Lewis & The Playboys
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We come on the sloop John B My grandfather and me Around Nassau town we did roam Drinkin’ all night Got into a fight Well, I feel so brake 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 brake up I wanna go home
The first mate, he got drunk He broke into the Captain’s trunk The constable had to come to take him away Sheriff John Stone Why’d you leave me alone? Yeah yeah Well, I feel so brake 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 brake up I wanna go home …