We came on the sloop John B....

[HEyHEY]

My Grandfather and me.......

[AverageJoe]

1. Around Nassau town

we did roam...

[SharonAnn]

10. Drinkin' all night, Got into a fight -

I fell so break-up, I wanna go home.

Let me go home, let me go home
I fell so break-up, I want to go home.

[Lautremont]

2. Please let me go home. I feel so break-up.

[peekaloo]

6. lol...is that an Andy Hardy avatar?

[Lautremont]

8. It is!

Is that an Andy Kaufman avatar?

[peekaloo]

9. Tony Clifton!

I grew up in Florida and remember Andy Hardy on the "old" Channel 13 Pulse News. Sadly it's now a Fox station.

:hi:

[tigereye]

3. around Nassau town we did roam

[AverageJoe]

4. Drinkin' all night

Got into a fight....

[jpgray]

5. Well, I feel so broke up

I wanna go home.

[elperromagico]

14. Soooo hoist up the John B's sails. See how the main sail sets.

Call for the captain ashore, let me go home.

[HEyHEY]

7. I still believe the best way to understand that song is to be on the sea

I did sailtraining when I was 13....ovber two weeks at seas is nothing and I can really get the song. But, I saw a mutiny when I was aboard.

[DenverDem]

11. Listen to Smile live from Carnegie Hall here.

<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4182988>

I mentioned this on another Brian Wilson themed thread, but it bears repeating as this is a wonderful concert available free for streaming.

[AverageJoe]

12. Wow, thanks!

That's great. :-)

[short bus president]

13. No, dumbass,

we COME on the Sloop John B. Or in the brandy, aboard the Good Ship Venus. But be careful with that, 'cuz if yer found out, they'll crush your cock on a jagged rock.

[HEyHEY]

15. The last thing I come on was a towel

Use not that towel

[short bus president]

16. Hope you've got

laundry facilities closeby in yer new place. Nobody wants to use the towel with the stiff and crispy streak in it.

[elperromagico]

17. "Stiff and crispy streak"? They serve that at Waffle House, don't they?

[starroute]

18. 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 feel so break-up, I want to go home

(Hey, some of us still have The Weavers' Songbook sitting around for ready access.)

(But what the heck is the people's trunk, anyway?)

[AverageJoe]

19. The Weavers are fine, but give me the Beach Boys!

Sloop John B
The Beach Boys
Words Music: Trad. - Arr. Brian Wilson

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's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
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
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail 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
(Hoist up the John B's sail)
Hoist up the John B
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 mainsail 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

[mac56]

20. I love that song, but..

"Threw away all my grits"?

And "ate up all of my corn"?

Somehow I don't think that's the original language.

[Phillycat]

21. We came on the sloop John Kleeb?

[WoodrowFan]

22. you boys want some sex?

you can squeeze the sails, you can lick the decks.

wrong song? umm

but on the midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away!!

still wrong? damn.

[Az_lefty]

23. Love that song, but you have to be on a boat to appreciate it.