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X:1     %Music
T:John Kanaka
B:Hugill, Stan, (1969), Shanties and Sailors Songs, London, Herbert Jenkins
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
Z:Stan Hugill
M:4/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:F
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w:I heard, I heard the Old Man say, John Ka-na-ka-na-ka tulai-e! 
F3 c c3 A |c3 A A (F2G) |A4 F2 z G |AA AA G2 C2 | F3 z
w:To-day, to-day is a hol-li-* day. John Ka-na-ka-na-ka to-lai-e
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w:Tu-lai e-oh! ti-lai-e! John Ka-na-ka-na-ka tu-lai e!