I heard, I heard, the old man say, John Kanaka-naka tu-lai-ay! Today, today is a holiday, John Kanaka-naka tu-lai-ay! Chorus: Tu-lai-ay, Oh! Tu-lai-ay! John Kanaka-naka tu-lai-ay! 2. We'll work tomorrow, but no work today, John Kanaka-naka tu-lai-ay! We'll work tomorrow, but no work today. John Kanaka-naka tu-lai-ay! Chorus: 3. We're bound away for 'Frisco Bay, John Kanaka-naka tu-lai-ay! We're bound away at the break of day. John Kanaka-naka tu-lai-ay! Chorus: 4. We're bound away around Cape Horn, John Kanaka-naka tu-lai-ay! We wish to Christ we'd never been born! John Kanaka-naka tu-lai-ay! Chorus: 5. O haul, oh haul, oh haul away, John Kanaka-naka tu-lai-ay! O haul away, an' make yer pay! John Kanaka-naka tu-lai-ay! Chorus:

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