Sloop John B Songtext
von Brian Wilson

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
And see how the main sail sets
And call for the captain ashore
Let me go home
I want to go home
Why don't they let me go home? Yeah, yeah
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home


Now the first mate, he got drunk
He broke in the captain′s trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sherriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone? Yeah, yeah
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home
Yeah, yeah

So, hoist up the John B's sail (hoist up the John B′s sail)
See how the main sail sets (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 they let me go home? (Hoist up the John B's sail)
Hoist up the John B′s sail (hoist up the John B's sail)
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home (let me go home)
(Hoist up the John B′s sail)

Poor cook, he caught the fits
He 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? Yeah, yeah
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home


So, hoist up the John B′s sail (hoist up the John B's sail)
See how the main sail sets (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 they let me go home? (Hoist up the John B′s sail)
(Hoist up the John B′s sail)
This is the worst trip I've ever been on

Thank you
Thanks a lot
Thank you
Thank you very much