#worksong — Public Fediverse posts
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"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional #JamaicanFolkSong. The song has #mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known #calypsoMusic. It is a #callAndResponse #workSong, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading #bananas onto the large ocean-going cargo ships known as #bananaBoats. The lyrics describe how daylight has come, their shift is over.
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"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional #JamaicanFolkSong. The song has #mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known #calypsoMusic. It is a #callAndResponse #workSong, 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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vt43PkAOEM -
"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional #JamaicanFolkSong. The song has #mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known #calypsoMusic. It is a #callAndResponse #workSong, 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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vt43PkAOEM -
I Be So Glad... When The Sun Goes Down
Recorded: September 19, 1959 to September 20, 1959
Contributor(s): Mason, Henry; Roberts, Willie P.; Edmonds, John; Matthews, Willie; Lewis, Robert; Crosby, Oscar; Brown, Wesley Lee; Lewis, Ed;
Recordist: #AlanLomax
Genre: #prisonsong #worksong
Culture: African American, Southern U.S.
Instruments: hoe(s), voice
Setting: Camp B, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary)