John Kanaka Songtext
von Fiddler’s Green

Heard, I heard an old man say (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay
Today, today is a holiday (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay
Heard, I heard the old man say (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay
We′ll work tomorrow, but not today (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay

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

We're outward bound at the break of day (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay
We′re outward bound for Frisco Bay (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay
We're outward bound around Cape Horn (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay
Where you wish to god you'd never been born (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tury yay


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

We′re a Yankee ship with a Yankee crew (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay
And we′re the boys to push her through (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay
We're a Yankee ship with a Yankee mate (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay
Don′t stop to walk or change your gait (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay

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

And when we get to Frisco Bay (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay
We'll pay off ship and draw our pay (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay
Oh, haul, oh haul, oh haul away (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay
Haul away and make our pay (Hey!)
John kanaka naka tura yay


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