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THE WRECK OF THE JOHN B We come on the sloop John B My grandfather and me, 'Round Nassau town we did roam Drinking all night, we got into a fight I feel so breakup, I want to go home So hoist up the John B sails See how the mains'l's set, Send for the captain ashore, Let me go home Let me go home Let me go home I feel so breakup I want to go home The first mate he got drunk, Broke up the people's trunk Constable had to come and take him away, Sheriff Johnstone, please let me alone I fell so breakup, I want to go home. CHORUS The stewardess she got stewed, Ran 'round the poop deck nude Constable had to come and take her away Sheriff Johnstone please let me alone I feel so breakup, I want to to home CHORUS ----------------------------------------------------------------- Words and music adapted by Lee Hays from a collection by Carl Sandburg. This is a theme song of the Nassau waterfront, telling the story of a little sloop and the wild party which went on the night she was sunk. filename[ WRKJOHNB sung by Mike Cooney and Weavers @water DC |
The John B Sails (Sandburg) (from American Songbag) The John B.'s Sails (Alan Lomax) (from The Folk Songs of North America) The Wreck of the John B |
