The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
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- Full sheet, both hands
- Right hand melody sheet
- Leadsheet
- Practice Pack
- MP3, and MP3 with click
- MIDI file
- Lyrics and chords
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. Practice takes the song one line at a time and waits for you, with the letter inside every note. When the lines feel easy, play the full song.
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- G
- Tempo
- 130 BPM
- Artist
- Jamaican Work Song
- Genre
- Folk