John Kanaka

I heard, I heard the old man say, hey
 John kanaka kanaka tura yay
 Today is a holiday
 John kanaka kanaka tura yay

 Tura yay, oh, tura yay
 John kanaka kanaka tura yay

We’ll work tomorrow, but not today...
We’ll work tomorrow, but not today...

We’re bout away from frisko bay...
We’re bout away the break of day...

We’re bound away around Cape Horn...
We wish to Christ we’d never been born...

Hal away, oh hal away...
Oh hal away and earn your pay...