Sloop John B

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Old granddaddy and me
 Would sail on the Sloop John B
 Around Nassau town we did roam
 Got into a fight
 We were drinkin' all night
 Ya, now I feel so brake up
 I want to go home
 C'mon now we'll run up the John B's sail
 We gonna see how the mainsail sets
 We gotta send for the Captain ashore
 Oh let me go home,
 I wanna go home,
 yeah, let me go home
 Don't ya know I feel so brake up
 I just wanna go home
 Now the first mate he got drunk
 And broke up the people's trunk
 The constable had to come and take him away
 Ah, Sheriff John Stone
 Can't you leave him alone
 Oh now I feel so brake up, I just wanna go home
 C'mon lets all sing it now
 Ya, run up the John B's sail
 We gonna see how the mainsail sets
 We gotta send for the Captain ashore
 Oh let me go home,
 I wanna go home,
 And let me go home
 Ya now, I feel so brake up
 I just wanna go home
 And then the poor cook he, he took the fits (yeah)
 He ate up all my grits
 And then the first mate he got drunk
 And drank up all of my corn (how he get in here again, I don't know)
 Sheriff John Stone
 Why don't ya leave him alone
 C'mon now, I feel so brake up, I just wanna go home
 Run up it up now, yeah...
 We'll run up the John B's sail
 We gonna see how the mainsail sets
 We gotta send for the Captain ashore
 Let me go home,
 Ah, I wanna go home,
 Ya let me go home
 Don't ya know, I feel so brake up
 I just wanna go home
 Run up it up again, yeah...
 Ah, run up the John B's sail
 [Starts Fading] And see how the mainsail sets
 We gotta see...

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Duration
03:02
Key
9
Tempo
142 BPM

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