SLOOP JOHN B by JOHNNY CASH

Sloop John B by Johnny Cash, also known as "I Want To Go Home".

1959
Although "J. Cash" gets the songwriting credit for "I Want to Go Home," in fact it's his version of the homesick sailor folk tale more commonly known as "Sloop John B," recorded elsewhere by the Weavers, the Kingston Trio, the Beach Boys, and others.
Sloop John B - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Sloop John B" is the seventh track on The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album and was also a single which was released in 1966 on Capitol Records. It was originally a traditional West Indies folk song, possibly recorded earliest by The Weavers under the title "Wreck of the John B", the song taken from a collection by Carl Sandburg (1927). Alan Lomax made a field recording of the song in Nassau, 1935, under the title "Histe Up the John B. Sail". This recording appears on the album Bahamas 1935: Chanteys And Anthems From Andros And Cat Island.[1] The song was adapted by Weavers member Lee Hays. The recording of the song which directly influenced The Beach Boys was by The Kingston Trio.
The John B. was an old sponger boat whose crew were in the habit of getting notoriously merry whenever they made port. It was wrecked and sunk at Governor's Harbour in Eleuthera, the Bahamas, in about 1900.[citation needed]
The song has been recorded by many artists, including The Calypso Bandits, Joseph Spence, Tom Fogerty, Roger Whittaker, Johnny Cash, Jimmie Rodgers, Jerry Jeff Walker, Dick Dale, Catch 22, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Relient K, Dan Zanes, and Okkervil River. In 1960, Lonnie Donegan had a UK Top 10 hit with it under the title "I Wanna Go Home".

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[1690haribo]

THE FAMINE IS OVER WHY DONT YOU GO HOME

[Spyflugan91]

A great song! It's no wonder that Johnny Cash was called "The Hitman". Allmost all of his songs were on the hit lists :)

[1977loyalist]

54 titles and still going strong! watp

[1977loyalist]

theve all there papist in rome they have u2 and bono, well the famines over why dont u go home

[jenner63]

@1690haribo The taxman cometh.........

[joeppiehh]

Awesome song, I knew this song from the Beach Boys but this version atleast equals that!

[realman1888]

@1690haribo 66 didnt go home. thats all :)

[Streamliner009]

I just discovered this version of the Sloop John B by JC. I really like the rythm of this song, makes me imagine the ship John B rocking on the sea.

[rappy90]

"The John B. Sails" is a folk song that first appeared in a 1917 American novel, Pieces of Eight, written by Richard Le Gallienne

[JoeSchmoeJr]

Despite being an old Caribbean standard, Brian Wilson owns this song. What he did with the melodies and arrangements makes it forever his.

[TimVonline]

SCF 1908