John Kanaka

I thought I heard the old man say (hoo!)
 (John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay)
 Today, today it's a holiday (hoo!)
 (John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay)
 Too-rye-ay, oh! Too-rye-ay
 John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay
 We're bound away at the break of day (hoo!)
 (John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay)
 We're bound away for 'Frisco Bay (hoo!)
 (John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay)
 Too-rye-ay, oh! Too-rye-ay
 John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay
 Them Frisco girls ain't got no comb (hoo!)
 (John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay)
 They comb their hair with a herring backbone (hoo!)
 (John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay)
 Too-rye-ay, oh! Too-rye-ay
 John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay
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 Just one more heave and that'll do (hoo!)
 (John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay)
 'Cause we're the crew to pull her through (hoo!)
 (John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay)
 Too-rye-ay, oh! Too-rye-ay
 John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay
 I thought I heard the old man say (hoo!)
 (John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay)
 Today, today it's a holiday (hoo!)
 (John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay)
 Too-rye-ay, oh! Too-rye-ay
 John, Kanaka-naka, too-rye-ay