Heard, I heard an old man say (hey)
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Today, today is a holiday (hey)
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Heard, I heard the old man say (hey)
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We'll work tomorrow, but not today (hey)
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Tura yay, oh, tura yay
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We're outward bound at the break of day (hey)
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We're outward bound for Frisco Bay (hey)
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We're outward bound around Cape Horn (hey)
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Where you wish to God you'd never been born (hey)
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Tura yay, oh, tura yay
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Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
We're a Yankee ship with a Yankee crew (hey)
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And we're the boys to push her through (hey)
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We're a Yankee ship with a Yankee mate (hey)
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Don't stop to walk or change your gait (hey)
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Tura yay, oh, tura yay
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And when we get to Frisco Bay (hey)
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We'll pay off ship and draw our pay (hey)
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Oh, haul, oh haul, oh haul away (hey)
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Haul away and make our pay (hey)
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Tura yay, oh, tura yay
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Tura yay, oh, tura yay
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