john kanaka
Singer: fiddler's green
i heard
i heard an old man say
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
today
today is a holiday
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
i heard
i heard the old man say
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
we'll work tomorrow
but not today
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
tu-rai-ay
oh! tu-rai-ay!
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
we're outward bound at the break of day
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
we're outward bound for 'frisco bay
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
we're outward bound around cape horn
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
where you wish to god you'd never been born
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
tu-rai-ay
oh! tu-rai-ay!
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
we're a yankee ship with a yankee crew
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
and we're the boys to push her through
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
we're a yankee ship with a yankee mate
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
don't stop to walk or he'll change your gait
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
tu-rai-ay
oh! tu-rai-ay!
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
and when we get to 'frisco bay
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
we'll pay off ship and draw our pay
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
oh
haul
oh haul
oh haul away
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
haul away and make our pay
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
tu-rai-ay
oh! tu-rai-ay!
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
tu-rai-ay
oh! tu-rai-ay!
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
john kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!