I thought the 'original' was written by Les Barker...



We looked for the Sloop John A;
We looked for it all day;
Round Nassau Town we did roam,
A man on the pier,
Said it wasn't here;
We didn't find it,
And then we went home.

Then we went home,
We had to go home.
Maybe the A's at sea;
We had a good look round,
Then we went home,
Then we went home,
We had to go home.