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Sloop John B.

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1.We sailed on the Sloop John B.
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My grandfather and me.
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Around Nassau town we did roam,
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Drinking all night,
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Got into a fight,
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Well I feel so break up,
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I wanta go home. 


Chorus:
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So hoist up the John B. sail,
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See how the mains'l sets,
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Call for the captain ashore,let me go home, 
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Let me go home, 
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I wanta go home,
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Well, I feel so break up,
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I wanta go home. 

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2.First Mate, he got drunk,
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Broke up the people's trunk,
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Constable had to come and take him away.
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Sheriff Johnstone,
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Why don't you leave me alone?
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Well I feel so break up,
A           D     D
I wanta go home.


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3.The poor cook he caught the fits,
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Threw away all my grits,
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Then he took and ate up all of my corn.
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Let me go home,
            G       G
I wanta go home,
     D
This is the worst trip
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I've ever been on.


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