I heard, I heard the Ol’ Man say,
Hey! John Kanaka-naka, tu-lai-ey!
Today, today is a holiday,
Hey! John Kanaka-naka, tu-lai-ey!
Tu-lai-ey, ooh! tu-lai-ey!
John Kanaka-naka, tu-lai-ey!
We’ll work termorrer, but no work terday,
We’ll work termorrer, but no work terday.
We’re bound away for ‘Frisco Bay,
We’re bound away at the break o, day.
We’re bound away around Cape Horn,
We’d wisht ter Christ we’d niver bin born.
Oh, haul away, oh, haul away,
Oh, haul away an’ make yer pay.
