Gordon Bok - Hang on john

John Taylor ^Dleft his ^Cnative home ^DAfter the whale-fish he did ^Ggo From the Atlantic ^Dcoast and around Cape ^CHorn To the ^DSouth Seas where the whale-fish ^Gblow

Oh it's, ^Dhang ^Gon, ^BmJohn Soon you'll see your ^Amnative ^Gshore And it's, ^Dhang ^Gon, ^BmJohn You'll see Nantucket's ^Amshores once ^Gmore

Well, his boat was ^Dsunk and his ^Cluck bein' gone Round a ^Drocky island he made his ^Ghome And he prayed and he ^Dhoped and he dreamed in ^Cvain For a ^Dship to carry him home a^Ggain

But it's, ^Dhang ^Gon, ^BmJohn Soon you'll see your ^Amnative ^Gshore And it's, ^Dhang ^Gon, ^BmJohn You'll see Nantucket's ^Amshores once ^Gmore

An old man come a-^Dwalkin' a^Clong the beach Har^Dpoon in hand and a shining ^Gface "I come from my ^Dhome on the rolling ^Csea ^DCarry you back to your native ^Gplace"

So it's, h^Dang o^Gn, J^Bmohn Soon you'll see your ^Amnative ^Gshore And it's, ^Dhang ^Gon, ^BmJohn You'll see Nantucket's ^Amshores once ^Gmore

Well, they sang and they ^Drowed and they ^Csang and sailed ^DTill they spied them a newborn ^Gwhale And the old man har^Dpooned him in the ^Cback ^DOut to sea they hauled their ^Gslack

And it's, ^Dhang ^Gon, ^BmJohn Soon you'll see your ^Amnative ^Gshore And it's, ^Dhang ^Gon, ^BmJohn You'll see Nantucket's ^Amshores once ^Gmore

Well, they had not been ^Dsailin' but a ^Cmonth or more "Land ^Dho!" was the old man's happy ^Gwords And John saw the ^Dcliffs risin' ^Cfrom the sea ^DHeard the cry o' Nantucket ^Gbirds

Oh it's, ^Dhang ^Gon, ^BmJohn Soon you'll see your ^Amnative ^Gshore And it's, ^Dhang ^Gon, ^BmJohn You'll see Nantucket's ^Amshores once ^Gmore

Well, they never ^Dstopped when they ^Creached dry ground But they ^Dhauled their slack into John's home^Gtown And John got ^Doff at his ^Cown front door ^DNever saw the old man or the whale any^Gmore

Oh it's, ^Dhang ^Gon, ^BmJohn Soon you'll see your ^Amnative ^Gshore And it's, ^Dhang ^Gon, ^BmJohn You'll see Nantucket's ^Amshores once ^Gmore