When John Paul Jones was a little boy he pointed to the sea Said when I get to be a man, a fightin' man I'll be I'll leave my mark on the ocean and my name in history When John Paul was a member of the British Admiralty He killed a sailor on his ship which was a crime you see He changed his name to J.P. Jones and came to Amerik-e He fought in the rain and he fought in the sun And he fought in the moonlight too He fought with his knife and he fought with his gun And he fought till his blood ran through Well John Paul Jones was a fightin' man, a fightin' man was he He sailed to the East and he sailed to the West And he helped set America free When John Paul was a Captain in the US Naval Band A fightin' for the glory and the freedom of our land He made those British captains wish that they were on dry land He sent their mighty vessels to the bottom of the sea He took their bags of treasure and he sank their chests of Tea He gave his blood for all free men and his life for liberty He fought in the rain and he fought in the sun And he fought in the moonlight too He fought with his knife and he fought with his gun And he fought till his blood ran through Well John Paul Jones was a fightin' man, a fightin' man was he He sailed to the East and he sailed to the West And he helped set America free He fought in the rain and he fought in the sun And he fought in the moonlight too He fought with his knife and he fought with his gun And he fought till his blood ran through Well John Paul Jones was a fightin' man, a fightin' man was he He sailed to the East and he sailed to the West And he helped set America free