Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Wreck Of The Sloop John B, artist - Catch 22.
Date of issue: 09.10.2000
Song language: English
Wreck Of The Sloop John B |
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 |
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 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 |
(a capella) |
I wanna go home, let me go home |
(Why don’t you let me go) |
Hoist up the John B’s sail (Hoist up the John B) |
I feel so broke up I wanna 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? |
(fade out) |