Rake-and-scrape raking the saw while playing music and he said it was Rake and Scrape although he claims that the people were already calling it that. Goombay music which is the original term used for Rake and Scrape in the Bahamas dates back to the 19th century where you had many bands playing many instruments together creating various sounds of early Goombay music. These instruments included the Banjo, Drums, Fife, Tambourines, Guitar, Wash Tubs, and Harmonicas and possibly even the Hand saw in certain settlements. It wasn't until the mid 20th century that the use of the Accordion, Goombay Drums, and
Rake (tool) Because they can be fabricated in widths of greater dimensions they are more suitable for leaves which have recently been deposited. Metal tined rakes are better suited for spring raking when the debris is often wet or rotted and can best be collected when the metal tines penetrate to the thatch layer. Rake (tool) A rake (Old English "raca", cognate with Dutch "raak", German "Rechen", from the root meaning "to scrape together", "heap up") is a broom for outside use; a horticultural implement consisting of a toothed bar fixed transversely to a handle, and used to collect leaves, hay, grass,