The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) piano leadsheet with chords
Six hand, seven hand, eight hand bunch!
Day da light, and I wanna go home.
We load banana till da early light.
Day da light, and I wanna go home.
Day oh, day
oh. Day da light, and I wanna go home.
Day oh, day
oh. Day da light, and I wanna go home.
Come, Mister Tallyman, come tally me banana.
Day da light, and I wanna go home.
Come, Mister Tallyman, come tally me banana.
Day da light, and I wanna go home.
Day oh, day,
oh. Day da light, and I wanna go home.
Day oh, day oh, day da light and I wanna go home.
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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
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. A leadsheet puts the words, the melody and the chord names together, so you can play the tune with your right hand and the chords with your left.
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- G
- Tempo
- 130 BPM
- Artist
- Jamaican Work Song
- Genre
- Folk