John Kanaka Fiddler's Green

[Verse 1]
Heard, I heard an old man say
John Kanaka-naka, tu-rai-ay!
Today, today is a holiday
John Kanaka-naka, tu-rai-ay!

Heard, I heard the old man say
John Kanaka-naka, tu-rai-ay!
We'll work tomorrow but not today
John Kanaka-naka, tu-rai-ay!

[Chorus]
Tu-rai-ay, oh! Tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka, tu-rai-ay!

[Verse 2]
We're outward bound at the break of day
John Kanaka-naka, tu-rai-ay!
We're outward bound for Frisco Bay
John Kanaka-naka, tu-rai-ay!

We're outward bound around Cape Horn
John Kanaka-naka, tu-rai-ay!
Where you wish to God you'd never been born
John Kanaka-naka, tu-rai-ay!