Hey,
we came on the slope, John B.
My grandpa and me
Around Nassau town, we did roam
Drinkin' all night
Got into the Don despite
Well, I got so broke up,
boys, I want to go home
So you hoist up the John B. sails
See how the mainsail's set
You tell the captain ashore
I want to go home
Let me go home, let me go home, yeah
I got so broke up, boys, I wanna go home
I said I got so broke up,
I wanna go home
Right here we'd like to do one of the
folk singers of today, he says
Oh, please, take me with you
I'd like to go to Loveland with you
Well, now, the first minute he got drunk
And he broke up the people's trunk
And the constable had to come
and take him away
Oh, Sheriff John Stone,
why don't you leave me alone?
You know I get so broke up,
child, I wanna go home
I said I get so broke up,
I wanna go home
I wish this old whiskey'd leave me alone
so I could get on home
Now the granddaddy of all folks singin'
Ba ba dum ba dum ba ba
Ba ba dum ba ba ba
Ba ba dum ba dum ba dum
Ba ba dum ba dum ba ba ba
Ba ba dum ba dum ba ba ba
I sure wish this cat would
hurry this thing on up
So we could get on out of here
Cause I got so broke up,
I wanna go home
Oh, holy mackerel in the morning,
I wanna go home, yeah