X:1
T:John Kanaka
B:Hugill, Stan, (1969), Shanties and Sailors Songs, London, Herbert Jenkins
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
Z:Stan Hugill
M:4/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:F
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w:I heard, I heard the Old Man say, John Ka-na-ka-na-ka tulai-e!
F3 c c3 A |c3 A A (F2G) |A4 F2 z G |AA AA G2 C2 | F3 z
w:To-day, to-day is a hol-li-* day. John Ka-na-ka-na-ka to-lai-e
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w:Tu-lai e-oh! ti-lai-e! John Ka-na-ka-na-ka tu-lai e!
W:I heard, I heard the Old Man say,
W:(ch: John Kanaka-naka, tulai-e!)
W:Today, today is a holiday,
W:(ch: John Kanaka-naka, tulai-e!)
W:Tulai-e, Ooh! tulai-e!
W:(ch: John Kanaka-naka, tulai-e!)
W:
W:We'll work termorrer, but no work terday,
W:We'll work termorrer, but no work terday.
W:
W:We're bound away for 'Frisco Bay,
W:We're bound away at the break o' day.
W:
W:We're bound away around Cape Horn,
W:We wish to Christ we'd niver bin born.
W:
W:A Yankee ship wid a Yankee crew,
W:Oh, we're the buckos fer ter push 'er through.
W:
W:A Yankee ship wid a Yankee mate,
W:If yer stop ter walk he'll change yer gait.
W:
W:Oh, haul away, oh!, haul away!
W:Oh, haul away, an' make yer pay!
W: