- Sloop John A

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.

Where can the John A be?
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
We didn’t find it
And then we went home.

The first mate was not there,
Maybe he was elsewhere;
Maybe he was on board the Sloop John A;
Wherever he was,
We didn’t meet him because
We didn’t find it
And then we went home.

Where can the John A be? …

The day was a non-event,
It seemed the A had went;
Then they told us that there’s another called B.
B was OK;
I had my heart set on A;
We didn’t find it,
And then we went home.

Where can the John A be? …

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