(Lee Hays/Carl Sandburg)

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 break up, I want to go
home. (I want to go home. So now,)


[Chorus:]
Hoist up the John B's sails. See how the main sails set. Call for the captain

ashore, let me go home. (Let me go home.)
Let me go home. (I want to go home.) I want to go home. (Why don't you let me go
home?)

Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home. (I want to go home.)

First mate, he got drunk. Broke up the people's trunk. Constable had to come and

take him away.
Sheriff John Stone (Sheriff John Stone), why don't you leave me alone? (Why
don't you leave me alone?)

Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home. (I want to go home. So, now)

[Chorus]


Well, the poor cook he caught the fits. Throw away all of my grits. Then he took
and he ate up all of my corn.

Let me go home. (I want to go home.) I want to go home. (Why don't you let me go
home?)
This is the worst trip since I've been born. (Since I have been born. So, now)


[Chorus]


Hoist up the John B's sails. (John B. sails) See how the main sails set. (Main
sails set.)
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home. (Let me go home.)

Let me go home. (I want to go home.) I want to go home. (Why don't you let me go
home?)
Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home. (I want to go home.)