Sloop John B – The Beach Boys：歌詞及意思

目錄

#1 歌曲
#2 歌詞
#3 翻唱

Sloop John B (1966) – The Beach Boys

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 want to go home, let me go home
Why don’t you let me go home

歌曲Sloop John B，是由美國組合在1966年唱出。歌曲長達2分59秒，類型屬於Folk Rock民謠搖滾，本來為民謠歌曲，填詞作曲部份由Brian Wilson負責，歌曲被收錄於專輯《Pet Sounds》。

Sloop John B 這首歌曲，為巴哈馬（Bahamas）首都拿騷（Nassau）的民謠歌曲，由英國詩人Richard Le Gallienne在1916年推出。Brian Wilson 編改的版本，成功擠進英美等地流行音樂歌曲排行榜，分別Billboard Hot 100及英國單曲排行榜，名列前茅。隨後，更被《滾石》雜誌列入500首最佳歌曲之一。

The Beach Boys這個美國組合，是 Folk 民謠風格的忠實粉絲，才有這首歌曲的誕生。

歌詞方面

本來為民謠歌曲，填詞作曲部份由Brian Wilson負責

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 main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I want to 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 want to go home

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 want to 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 want to 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 want to go home, let me go home
Why don’t you let me go home

翻唱方面