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FIDDLER'S GREEN - "John Kanaka" - Irish Pub Cup Song (live in Bremen 2017)
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Fiddler's Green
Fiddler's Green
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Daniel Heptinstall
Daniel Heptinstall
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jörg Umbreit
Jörg Umbreit
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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-tura-yay
Tura yay, oh, tura yay
John-kanaka-naka-tura-yay
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
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
Written by: Daniel Heptinstall, Dp, James Last

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