We come on the sloop John B My grandfather and me 'Round Nassau town we did roam Drinking all night We got into a fight I feel so brake up I wanna go home So hoist up the John B's sails See how the mainsail sets Send for the Captain ashore Let me go home (-go home) Let me go home (let me go) Let me go home (let me go) I feel so brake up I wanna go home First mate he got drunk Tore up the people's trunk Constable had to come and take him away Sheriff John Stone Please let me alone I feel so brake up I wanna go home So hoist up the John B's sails (the John B's sails) See how the mainsail sets (the mainsail sets) Send for the Captain ashore Let me go home (-go home) Let me go home (let me go) Let me go home (let me go) I feel so brake up I wanna go home Poor cook, he took fits Threw away all of the grits Then he took and ate up all of the corn Sheriff John Stone Please let me alone This is the worst trip Since I've been born So hoist up the John B's sails (the John B's sails) See how the mainsail sets (the mainsail sets) Send for the Captain ashore Let me go home (-go home) Let me go home (let me go) Let me go home (let me go) This is the worst trip Since I've been born (The John B's sails) (The mainsail sets) (I wanna go home, go home) (Let me go) (Let me go) I feel so brake up I wanna go home