John Kanaka
A Kanaka is a Hawaiian (often a sailor).
John Kanaka
Sea Shanty
I heard, I heard the old man say,
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!
Today, today is a holiday,
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay
Too-rye-ay, oooh, too-rye-ay
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!
We'll work tomorrow but no work today.
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!
We'll work tomorrow and we'll earn our pay,
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay
Too-rye-ay, oooh, too-rye-ay
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!
We're bound away for 'Frisco Bay,
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!
We're bound away at the break of day,
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay
Too-rye-ay, oooh, too-rye-ay
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!
We're bound away around Cape Horn,
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!
We'll wish to Christ we'd never been born,
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay
Too-rye-ay, oooh, too-rye-ay
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!
Oh haul, oh haul, oh haul away,
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!
Oh haul away and make your pay,
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay
Too-rye-ay, oooh, too-rye-ay
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!
And we are Liverpool born and bred,
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!
We're strong in the arm but we're thick in the head,
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay
Too-rye-ay, oooh, too-rye-ay
John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!
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