Day-o (the Banana Boat Song) is currently unavailable

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String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.515990 By Harry Belafonte. By Irving Burgie and William Attaway. Arranged by Eve C. Mailly. Folk,Multicultural,Pop,World. 13 pages. Zene Strings #6521377. Published by Zene Strings (A0.515990). Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) is a traditional Jamaican folk song, commonly classified as calypso music.   It is a work song sung from the point of view of dock workers who have finished their night shift and are 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. This is a fun little song, both to play, and to hear -- perfect for parties, and other events.  It is arranged for string quartet from your friends at Zene Strings -- enjoy!To see our other great arrangements visit: ZeneSheetMusic.com.  Questions or comments?  Email us at [email protected].  We're here to help! This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).