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The Banana Boat Song

Jamaican Work Song

The Banana Boat Song


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Lyrics

1.

Six hand, seven hand, eight hand bunch!

Daylight come, and me wanna go home.

We load banana till early light.

Daylight come, and me wanna go home.

Refrain

Day oh, day oh.

Daylight come, and me wanna go home.

2.

Come, mister Tallyman, come tally me banana.

Daylight come, and me wanna go home.

Come, mister Tallyman, come tally me banana.

Daylight come, and me wanna go home.

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