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      • ‘Day Dah Light’ is a traditional work song that would have been sung at dawn, marking the end of work for enslaved people who had spent the night loading bananas onto ships for export, a labour-intensive task conducted at night to avoid the heat of the day.
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  2. ‘Day Dah Light’ is a traditional work song that would have been sung at dawn, marking the end of work for enslaved people who had spent the night loading bananas onto ships for export, a ...

  3. It is a call and response 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.

  4. 1954 Jamaican Folk Songs.

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  5. Day-O is also known as The Banana Boat Song. It has traditionally been sung by workers on the docks while loading crates of bananas onto ships. It's hard to tell if this song truly originates in Jamaica or Trinidad.

  6. The Rt. Hon. Dr. Louise Bennett-Coverley (Sept. 7, 1919 – July 26, 2006) was the first voice of Jamaica, a primary and towering mother-figure that shaped the nation’s post-emancipation...

  7. Edric Connor’s recording of ‘Day Dah Light’, as part of his seminal 1952 LP ‘Songs of Jamaica’, was the first ever recording of the famous traditional Jamaican folk song.

  8. Day Dah Light. Provided to YouTube by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Day Dah Light · Louise Bennett Jamaican Folk Songs ℗ 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1954 Folkways Records...

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