Traducción de la letra de la canción John Kanaka - Fiddler's Green

John Kanaka (original)

I heard, I heard an old man say
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Today, today is a holiday
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
I heard, I heard the old man say
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
We’ll work tomorrow, but not today
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Tu-rai-ay, oh!
Tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
We’re outward bound at the break of day
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
We’re outward bound for 'Frisco Bay
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
We’re outward bound around Cape Horn
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Where you wish to God you’d never been born
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Tu-rai-ay, oh!
Tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
We’re a Yankee Ship with a Yankee crew
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
And we’re the boys to push her through
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
We’re a Yankee Ship with a Yankee mate
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Don’t stop to walk or he’ll change your gait
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Tu-rai-ay, oh!
Tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
And when we get to 'Frisco Bay
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
We’ll pay off ship and draw our pay
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Oh, haul, oh haul, oh haul away
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Haul away and make our pay
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Tu-rai-ay, oh!
Tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Tu-rai-ay, oh!
Tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!

John Kanaka (traducción)

Escuché, escuché a un anciano decir
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Hoy, hoy es feriado
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Escuché, escuché al viejo decir
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Trabajaremos mañana, pero no hoy.
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
¡Tu-rai-ay, oh!
Tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Estamos con destino al exterior al romper el día
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Estamos con destino a 'Frisco Bay
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Estamos con destino al exterior alrededor del Cabo de Hornos
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Donde deseas a Dios que nunca hubieras nacido
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
¡Tu-rai-ay, oh!
Tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Somos un barco yanqui con una tripulación yanqui
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Y nosotros somos los chicos para empujarla
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Somos un barco yanqui con un compañero yanqui
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
No dejes de caminar o te cambiará la forma de andar
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
¡Tu-rai-ay, oh!
Tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Y cuando lleguemos a 'Frisco Bay
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Pagaremos el barco y sacaremos nuestra paga
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Oh, tira, oh tira, oh tira lejos
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
Retirar y hacer nuestra paga
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
¡Tu-rai-ay, oh!
Tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
¡Tu-rai-ay, oh!
Tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!
John Kanaka-naka tu-rai-ay!