The Banana Boat Song
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The Song Kit has everything for practicing away from here:
- Full sheet, both hands
- Right hand melody sheet
- Leadsheet
- Practice Pack
- MP3, and MP3 with click
- MIDI file
- Lyrics and chords
Lyrics
Day oh, day
oh. Day da light,
and I wanna go home.
(G)Six hand, seven hand, eight hand,
bunch! Day da light,
and I (G7)wanna go (C)home.
We load banana till da early light.
Day da light,
and I (G7)wanna go (C)home.
Day (G)oh, (F)day
(G)oh. Day da light,
and I (G7)wanna go (C)home.
Day (G)oh, (F)day
(G)oh. Day da light,
and I (G7)wanna go (C)home.
(G7)wanna go (C)home.
Come, Mister Tallyman, come (G7)tally me banana.
(C)Day da light,
and I (G7)wanna go (C)home.
Come, Mister Tallyman, come (G7)tally me banana.
(C)Day da light,
and I (G7)wanna go (C)home.
Day (G)oh, (F)day
(C)oh. Day da light,
and I (G7)wanna go (C)home.
Day da light,
and I (G7)wanna go (C)home.
Day da light,
and I (G7)wanna go (C)home.
Song info
The Banana Boat Song by Jamaican Work Song is a level 4 of 5 piano arrangement in the key of C at 80 BPM. This is the whole song, with the letter inside every note, and it plays in your browser for free. When a part is hard, Practice takes it one line at a time.
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- C
- Tempo
- 80 BPM
- Chords
- C F G G7
- Artist
- Jamaican Work Song
- Genre
- Pop
- Style
- Pop rock
- Mood
- Energetic