Song: John Kanaka

Title:
John Kanaka
Composer:
Sianti Môr/ Sea Shanty
Arrangement:
Owain Gethin Davies
Lyricist:
cymraeg: Eleri Richards
Key:
F Major
Vocal range:
8th
Parts:
3
Standard:
Intermediate
Theme:
Geography / travelling / sea

This sea shanty originates from the whaling ship trade of the nineteenth century in the pacific Ocean. 'Kanaka' is a generic term referring to Hawaiian men.

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