1. We come on the sloop John B, my grandfather and me, around Nassau town we do roam.

2. The first mate he got drunk, and broke in the Captain's trunk, the constable had to come and take him away.

3. 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.

1. Drinking all night, got into a fight, Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home.

2. Sheriff John Stone, why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah. Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home.

3. 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, yeah yeah. Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home.