| 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! | |
| Tu-lai-ay, oh! Tu-lai-ay! | |
| John Kanaka-naka tu-lai-ay! | |
| We'll work tomorrow, but no work today, | |
| We'll work tomorrow, but no work today. | |
| We're bound away for Frisco Bay, | |
| We're bound away at the break o' day. | |
| We're bound away around Cape Horn, | |
| We wish to Christ we'd never been born! | |
| Oh haul, oh haul, oh haul away, | |
| Oh haul away, an' make yer pay! | |