Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Melanie Safka
Canonical path: /melanie-safka/sloop-john-b
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Sloop John B
Read Sloop John B lyrics by Melanie Safka on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Sloop John B
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Hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Send for the Captain ashore
Let me go home
Oh let me go home
Please let me go home
I feel so broke up
I want go home
Oh I feel so broke up
I want to…day-oo, day-oo
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Melanie Safka performs "Sloop John B", and this lyric page sits inside the Melanie Safka catalog on LyroVerse.
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