| We come on a sloop John B, my grandfather and me,
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| Around us a whole town we did wrong, drinking all night.
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| Got into a fight, oh, yeah,
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| I feel so broken, I wanna go home.
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| So waste up the John B sale,
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| See, had the main sail set.
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| Call for the captain ashore and let me go home,
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| I wanna go home.
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| Why won’t you let me go home?
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| I feel so broken, I wanna go home.
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| The first mate, he got drunk,
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| Broken the captain’s trunk.
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| The constable had to come and take him away.
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| To the shore of John Stone.
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| Will you leave me alone?
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| I feel so broken, I wanna go home.
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| So waste up the John B sale,
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| See, had the main sail set.
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| Call for the captain ashore and let me go home,
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| I wanna go home.
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| Why won’t you let me go home?
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| I feel so broken, I wanna go home.
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| The poor cook, he caught the feet
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| Thruway all my grass
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| And then he took and he ate up all of my corn,
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| Let me go home.
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| Why won’t you let me go home?
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| This is the worst trip I’ve ever been on.
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| So waste up the John B sale,
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| See, had the main sail set.
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| Call for the captain ashore and let me go home,
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| I wanna go home.
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| Why won’t you let me go home?
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| I feel so broken, I wanna go home. |