will work tomorrow
John kanaka kanaka
but not today, YAY
Why is today’s haiku taken from an old sea shanty?
Last night, the wife and I watched the movie, FISHERMANS’S FRIEND and the song stuck in my mind
ALL
NIGHT
LONG!
I heard, I heard the old man say, hey
John kanaka kanaka tura yay,
Today is a holiday
John kanaka kanaka tura yay,
Tura yay, oh, tura yay,
John kanaka kanaka tura yay,
We’ll work tomorrow, but not today
John kanaka kanaka tura yay,
We’ll work tomorrow, but not today
John kanaka kanaka tura yay,
Tura yay, oh, tura yay,
We’re bout aaway from frisko bay
John kanaka kanaka tura yay,
We’re bout away the break of day
John kanaka kanaka tura yay,
Tura yay,…
Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends singing John Kanaka 2017
Years ago I discovered Fisherman’s Friends throat lozenges.
They are reported to be the first ever commercially developed cough drop.
My daughter D’asia will tell you there are poison.
Do they work!
I offered one once to a reporter here in Atlanta just before he went on air.
“That thing near took my HEAD OFF,” he said later.
Sometime after that I came across a singing group famous for their authentic renditions of sea shantiess.
The name of the group?
Fisherman’s Friends of course.
In a world of transcripted phone calls, tweets, posts and Kardashian’s, the movie is a welcome break with a sweet story and a view towards another world.
And when the world comes crashing in on your world, well, you can always suck on a fisherman’s friend.
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