Way hey ya! Way hey ya!
Jeg sa way hey ya!
Way hey ya!

Jean-François! Jean-François!
Jeg sa Jean-François!
Jean-François!

Way hey ya! Way hey ya!
Way hey ya! Way hey ya!

Jean-François! Jean-François!
Jean-François! Jean-François!

(Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready?
Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready?)
(Ein, to, tre!)

Boney was a warrior!
Way hey ya!
A warrior, a terrier!
Jean-François!

Boney beat the Prussians
Way hey ya!
The Austrians and the Russians
Jean-François!

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Ha! Boney went to Moscow!
Way hey ya!
An’ lost his army in the snow
Jean-François!

But, Boney was a Frenchyman
Way hey ya!
So he retreated back again
Jean-François!

Ha! Boney went to Elba!
Way hey ya!
There he got his overthrow
Jean-François!

Boney was a warrior!
Way hey ya!
A warrior, a terrier
Jean-François!

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
(Eins, zwei, drei!)

Oh, Boney went a-crusin’
Way hey ya!
Aboard the Billy Ruffian
Jean-François!

Boney went to Saint Helen
Way hey ya!
An’ he never came back again!
Jean-François!