Johnny Kanakanaka
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
I though I heard the old man say
John Kanakanaka too ri ay
Tomorrow is our sailing day
John Kanakanaka too ri ay
Too ri ay- oh- too ri ay-
John Kanakanaka too ri ay
There’s rotten and there’s weevily bread
John Kanakanaka too ri ay
It’s pump or drown the old man said
John Kanakanaka too ri ay
Too ri ay- oh- too ri ay-
John Kanakanaka too ri ay
She should not steer and she would not stay
John Kanakanaka too ri ay
She shipped the water night and day
John Kanakanaka too ri ay
Too ri ay- oh- too ri ay-
John Kanakanaka too ri ay
It’s one more pull and that will do
John Kanakanaka too ri ay
Fore we’re the bullies to pull her through
John Kanakanaka too ri ay
Too ri ay- oh- too ri ay-
John Kanakanaka too ri ay.
The author of this website has put a lot of time and effort into gathering the greatest collection of sea shanties for the world to enjoy - There are songs that have been to sung to a job of work at sea for many, many years and collecting them has been a great endeavour. - Roger Chartier has made the effort out of his own interest and the requests that he has gotten to do this work from fellow musicians who wanted a good source of sea shanties to draw on and learn from. He has been told that for this effort he is a remarkable man.
