Well, come on, let's look down and be My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town, we did wrong
Taken all night, got into a fight
Well, I feel so broke up, I want to go home
So hoist up the John B. sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home
Let me go home
Yeah, yeah
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home
The first day he got thrown
Broken the captain's drum
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Snow
Why don't you leave me alone
Well, I feel so broke up
I wish I could go home
So hoist up the John B. sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home
Let me go home
I want to go home
Why don't they let me go home
See how the main sail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home
I feel so broke up
I wish I could go home
What good could he got to fix
Threw away all my grits
Then he took and he laid off all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home
Yeah, yeah
So hoist up the John B. sail
This is the worst trip I've ever been on
So hoist up the John B.
Hoist up the John B.
See how the mains sail
See how the mains sail
Hop on the captain ashore
Let me go home
Let me go home
I wanna go home
Hoist up the, let me go
Hoist up the John B.
Sail
This is the worst trip I've ever been on