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Thread #32772 Message #1015113
Posted By: Joe Offer
08-Sep-03 - 08:59 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Sloop John B
Subject: ADD Version: The John B.'s Sails (Lomax)
Here's the version from The Folk Songs of North America (Alan Lomax, 1960).
THE JOHN B.'S SAILS
So h'ist up the John B. 's sail, See how the mains'l's set, Send for the captain ashore, Le' we go home
CHORUS: Le' we go home, Le' we go home, I feel so break up, Le' we go home.
The cap'n an' the mate got drunk, They broke up the people's trunk, Send for the captain ashore, Le' we go home . . . (CHO.)
The cook took runnin' fits An' broke up all my grips, Send for the captain ashore Le' we go home . . . (CHO.)