We come on the SLOOP JOHN B, my grandfather and me Around Nassau town we did roam, Drinking all night got into a fight, Well, I feel so broke up, I want to go home. So hoist up the John B sails, See how the main sail sets Call for the Captain ashore and let me go home, Let me go home, I wanna go home, (yeah, yeah) Well, I feel so broke up, I wanna go home. The first mate he got drunk, broke in the Cap'n's trunk, Constable had to come and take him away, Sheriff Johnstone, hy don't you leave me alone, (yeah yeah) Well, I feel so broke up, I wanna go home. So hoist up the John B sails See how the main sail's set Call for the Captain ashore and let me go home, (Let me go home) I wanna go home, (Let me go home) Why don't you let me go home (Hoist up the John B's sail) I feel so broke up I wanna go home (Let me go home) The poor cook he caught the fits and threw away all my grits, And then he took and he ate up all of my corn, Let me go home... Why don't they let me go home? This is the worst trip I've ever been on. So hoist up the John B's sail See how the main sail sets Call for the Captain ashore Let me go home, (let me go home) I wanna go home, (let me go home) Why don't you let me go home?
We come on the SLOOP JOHN B, my grandfather and me Around Nassau town we did roam, Drinking all night got into a fight, Well, I feel so broke up, I want to go home. So hoist up the John B sails, See how the main sail sets Call for the Captain ashore and let me go home, Let me go home, I wanna go home, (yeah, yeah) Well, I feel so broke up, I wanna go home. The first mate he got drunk, broke in the Cap'n's trunk, Constable had to come and take him away, Sheriff Johnstone, hy don't you leave me alone, (yeah yeah) Well, I feel so broke up, I wanna go home. So hoist up the John B sails See how the main sail's set Call for the Captain ashore and let me go home, (Let me go home) I wanna go home, (Let me go home) Why don't you let me go home (Hoist up the John B's sail) I feel so broke up I wanna go home (Let me go home) The poor cook he caught the fits and threw away all my grits, And then he took and he ate up all of my corn, Let me go home... Why don't they let me go home? This is the worst trip I've ever been on. So hoist up the John B's sail See how the main sail sets Call for the Captain ashore Let me go home, (let me go home) I wanna go home, (let me go home) Why don't you let me go home?
A faixa “Sloop John B” ocupa a sétima posição na trilha sonora do álbum *Pet Sounds* dos The Beach Boys.
Foi lançada como single em 1966 pela gravadora Capitol Records, reforçando o sucesso do álbum.
A canção tem origem em uma tradicional folk das Ilhas do Caribe, sendo possivelmente gravada pela primeira vez pelos The Weavers como “Wreck of the John B” a partir de uma coletânea de Carl Sandburg de 1927.
Em 1935, o folclorista Alan Lomax fez um registro de campo em Nassau intitulado “Histe Up the John B. Sail”, que aparece no álbum *Bahamas 1935: Chanteys And Anthems From Andros And Cat Island*.
O arranjo que influenciou diretamente a versão dos The Beach Boys veio de uma gravação do grupo Kingston Trio, que já havia adaptado o tema.
A canção foi posicionada na 271ª posição na lista *The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time* publicada pela Rolling Stone.
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