| 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, |
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, |