it is suggested that row your boat song came from american minstrelsy.
it is suggested that row your boat song came from american minstrelsy.
where is it suggested that row your boat song came from?
american minstrelsy
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day-o (the banana boat song)









































"day-o (the banana boat song)" is a traditional jamaican folk song. the song has mento influences, but "day-o (the banana boat song)" was commonly classified as an example of the better known calypso music. 









































it is a work song, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto ships. the lyrics describe how daylight has come, their shift is over, and they want their work to be counted up so that they can go home.
day-o (the banana boat song)