The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)

Level 4G130 BPMJamaican Work Song
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Lyrics

Six hand, seven hand, eight hand bunch!

Day da light, and I (D7)wanna go (G)home.

We load banana till da early light.

Day da light, and I (D7)wanna go (G)home.

Day (D)oh, (C)day

(G)oh. Day da light, and I (D7)wanna go (G)home.

Day (D)oh, (C)day

(G)oh. Day da light, and I (D7)wanna go (G)home.

Come, Mister Tallyman, come (D7)tally me banana.

(G)Day da light, and I (D7)wanna go (G)home.

Come, Mister Tallyman, come (D7)tally me banana.

(G)Day da light, and I (D7)wanna go (G)home.

Day (D)oh, (C)day,

(G)oh. Day da light, and I (D7)wanna go (G)home.

Day (D)oh, (C)day (G)oh, day da light and I (D7)wanna go (G)home.

Song info

The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) by Jamaican Work Song is a level 4 of 5 piano arrangement in the key of G at 130 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
G
Tempo
130 BPM
Artist
Jamaican Work Song
Genre
Folk

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