Beach Boys - Sloop John B Lyrics






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
And 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
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
(Hoist up the John B's sail)
Hoist up the John B
I feel so broke up I wanna go home
Let me 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





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  1. V.... P....

    I heard this song for the first time by Steve Curwood at Westtown School. Then of NPR. Wonderful.

  2. S.... R....

    This definitely was a sing along...LOVE IT!!

  3. a.... s....

    This song always reminds me of working away on a yacht. I used to play this so loud in the engine room and always think about going home to the kids. My daughter now loves it too and i love listening to it with her and having a good sing song!

  4. D.... G....

    This is a classic beach boy song!

  5. D.... L....

    I read where Keith Moon once said he would give his right nut to be the drummer for the Beach Boys. He was the best drummer in the world for the best rock band in the world and he would give it all away to be in The Beach Boys...that speaks volumes for this band!

  6. A.... D....

    Birds go wild for this on karaoke

  7. S.... M....

    Thanks, Al , for one of the best songs ever!

  8. m.... f....

    I'm with Brian, I don't like Mike.

  9. T.... P....

    Did any of you know there is really a Sheriff John Stone? Back in 1999 in charge of a school shooting investigation. I learned that name after I saw the Michael Moore documentary.

  10. A.... K....

    Only great song from The Beach Boys.

    A.... K....

    U right the rest are extraordinary

  11. a.... a....

    We're learning this in my choir and I love the song, I love it a little more now

  12. �.... ....

    한화의 김태균 짝짝

  13. S.... m....

    2019 and I still love this song .

  14. S.... H....

    Greatest harmonies ever? Yep

  15. J.... R....

    Cute but too hectic.

  16. �.... ....

    한화의 기뮤태큔

  17. m.... m....

    Just great music to enjoy summer 2019!!! TIMELESS...
    🌞🍨🌊💋🍹💋🌊🍨🌞

  18. S.... A....

    Brothers and sisters why are we listening to music it’s haram
    Islam is the truth
    Please don’t hesitate to message me
    Jazaka Allahu Khayran

  19. J.... M....

    Me waiting for the bus at 10 PM....

  20. A.... s....

    My favorite song that's not Johnny Horton

  21. M.... M....

    Just brilliant harmonies, another outstanding tune, bravo 👏

  22. V.... ....

    Goosebumps... if there’s an afterlife I hope 🤞 that I’m growing up in Southern California.

  23. T.... H....

    I been looking for this song for ages when I heard a few people sing this on a bus

  24. m.... ....

    This was my Father favorite song.
    R.I.P Charles Rudd Jr.
    Father's Day 2019

  25. J.... B....

    "This is the worst trip I've ever been on."

  26. m.... ....

    Sheriff John Stone

  27. A.... G....

    My favorite song!!!!!!!

  28. J.... M....

    Ich habe dieses schwungvolle Lied im Jahre 1994 mit meinen englischen Mitbrüdern in Chevilly la Rue bei Paris gesungen. Es war damals eine sehr lustige Stimmung. Gerne denke ich noch an diese Zeit zurück. Gelegentlich singe ich dieses Lied heute im Jahre 2019 noch.

    J.... M....

    Cool!😀

  29. �.... ....

    한화의 김태균 ( 짝짝 )

  30. Z.... J....

    Grew up "Beach Boys"..class of "75" 💖

  31. N.... K....

    Brian Wilson can take the sound of a chicken clucking and turn it into a masterpiece of an arrangement. What a uniquely talented genius.

  32. d.... b....

    COPY..TO KING OF ROCK MR. CHUCK BERRY

  33. j.... y....

    Almost comfortable.

  34. j.... y....

    Wherever I lay my hat.

  35. P.... W....

    Aww - so great to see this after Paris '69. There, they did not look to be having fun. Here, so young and so happy!

  36. L.... 0....

    My grand father played the beach boys at a barbecue and I've been listening to them ever since. He says I'm 13 years old and have an old soul.

  37. D.... V....

    fresh is so fresh : 2019

  38. D.... M....

    Brian Wilson music mastermind, nobody will be able to match his mastery in music.

  39. �.... �....

    ΤΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΝ ΜΕ ΠΛΗΓΩΣΕΣ ΑΔΙΑΦΟΡΩ. ΑΡΗΣ ΜΈΧΡΙ ΤΟΝ ΘΆΝΑΤΟ

  40. L.... L....

    February 2019 and I still love this song x

  41. N.... j....

    Did eat up all of my corn mean some one drank all the liquor? Thats great if it does.

  42. E.... ....

    A masterpiece

  43. T.... G....

    I dig this song - but Mike Love is annoying in many of the Beach Boys videos.

  44. g.... ....

    Checkout the Kingston Trio version 8 years before the Beach Boys release.

  45. J.... S....

    Still want it played at my funeral.

  46. m.... ....

    4 LADS HAD A DREAM

  47. S.... H....

    January. 6th

    For. My. Grandpa

    This. Song. Me. N. My. Grandpa

    Miss. You. So. Much.

    Love. You. Always. Grandpa

    We. Never. Did. Nothing. Like. This. But. This. Song. Me. Him. So. Much. always. Reminds. Me. Of. Him

    Love. You. Always

    Cow. Boy. Grady

    For. My. grandpa. Sipple

    Out

  48. a.... b....

    nice one Eric thats the most i have ever laughed about a post

  49. J.... C....

    that looks very unsafe

  50. E.... B....

    MasteRpieCe.

  51. W.... S....

    My Ma, worked at a restaurant that closed in the early 70’s. As a child in the 80’s, she gave my brother and I the box of 45’s that they gave her from the box, when they closed.

    Used to play this one over and over as a child on the fisher price record player...

  52. J.... S....

    Seriously considering it as one of my funeral numbers. Have love this since I was a 15 year old kid. 67 now, and still own it as a part of my existence, My sister bought the 45 for me for my 15th birthday. It's a part of me.

  53. T.... R....

    الحمدلله على السمع والأبصار والأفئدة
    Alhamdulillah for sight, hearing and heart.

  54. D.... D....

    Great song from the summer of 1960 god bless The Beach Boys they make us for ever young

  55. K.... J....

    This is the best song

  56. D.... N....

    This has always been my favorite Beach Boys song.

  57. K.... G....

    I fecking love the beach boys.., absolute classics!

  58. J.... C....

    I wonder if the dude that ate all the corn provisions
    Sat on the musty scupper board and dropped a foot long
    Niblet studded deuce into Nassau bay

  59. T.... R....

    الحمدلله على السمع والأبصار والأفئدة
    Alhamdullilah for sight, hearing and heart.

  60. D.... S....

    Why did Charles Manson co-write songs with The Beach Boys? Anyone ever heard of the Clowns In America program called MK Ultra?

  61. T.... J....

    Love looks a right creep with the girl!

  62. U.... S....

    all these comments are from 2-4 years ago.. 2018 and this song is still amazing

  63. y.... ....

    SEL is For dissolving frozen fish with water
    Billiard table size cistern

  64. J.... E....

    Song makes me think of my grandmother

  65. J.... J....

    So this is where the premier league chants started...

  66. D.... M....

    Music that will never die..!!

  67. R.... ....

    Carl, Dennis and Brian will always be The Beach Boys, Mike Love and Al Jardine are obviously founders aswell, but you cannot deny the 3 wilson brothers were the heart, soul and mind of the band.

  68. J.... S....

    Perfect harmonies, pure voices.

  69. m.... c....

    still an incredible song even in 2018 , timeless classic

  70. K.... W....

    Love these guys , classic

  71. j.... c....

    Miss my childhood

  72. m.... c....

    4 lads had a dream.....

  73. J.... E....

    Pitch perfect, and auto tune

  74. M.... N....

    Those were the days... wait... I was like 4.... so what. Those were good 'ol days I'm sure...🐵

  75. r.... ....

    What a great song👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

  76. W.... M....

    We won it 5 times

  77. p.... g....

    There is a 20 second pause in this video

  78. N.... s....

    I love everything about this song

  79. r.... ....

    WHAT A GREAT SONG ❤️❤️❤️

  80. H.... 1....

    319 people need hearing checked.

  81. G.... S....

    I swear to God the Beach Boys are so confusing! Who sings What?? Off the time what I think is Brian is really carl and what I think is mike is al

  82. n.... b....

    love the beach boys this is a great song

  83. s.... h....

    oh i love this song..........makes me want to float on a raft on the ocean with a drink in my hand................

  84. D.... H....

    Why do all these blurts wana slag the B B off this band wos all good individual musicians no boom bang boom no flash light sets brian na playin in gods choir rip

  85. R.... D....

    I want a big boat...and my Beach Boy 45's!

  86. D.... H....

    Brilliant band ever since my teens followed em even na am 67 love listening there songs

  87. b.... b....

    Probably get acid thrown in your face driving round London like that these days.

  88. c.... ....

    I guess none of the Beachie Boys had a low draft number...

  89. J.... ....

    My favorite Beach Boys song.

  90. S.... M....

    Love the fans rushing the stage at the end of the video

  91. J.... S....

    just as grate as the beatles

    J.... S....

    better than beatles!! for starters Carl Wilson was/is A Better Singer than both Lennon & McCartney!! Just listen to God Only Knows

  92. G.... B....

    Mike Love.....what an imposter.

  93. D.... 2....

    When I was in Iraq my closest buddy and I would play this song over and over to make light of our current situation. It lifted our spirits until it got to; "This is the worst trip I've ever been on." Then we got depressed again. It still holds sentimental meaning to me.

    D.... 2....

    Dave 208 i feel you bro...poor people living in iraq does nothing...

    D.... 2....

    So funny, dude. We did the same thing on our patrol base at night. Cheers!

  94. B.... T....

    WHERE ARE THE LUDES ?