john kanaka

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!