A FOLK SONG FROM JAMAICA
This song tells of a time when there was no electricity.
But there is Moonshine Tonight so its time to
dance and sing under the Banyan Tree.
Transferred from cassette tape recording
Workshop for Teachers of Music, London 1984.
Please also check out kumina, pukkumina, mento, ska, reggae, calypso; Eddy Grant, The Banyans, Louise Bennett (Miss Lou), Lord Messam, Valerie Walker (When I Was In Jamaica), Mi Cahfe, Olive Lewin, Jamaican Folk Singers,
Bob Marley, Koffee and many more!
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Moonshine tonight come make we dance and sing
Mi deh rock so
You deh rock so
Under banyan tree
Ladies may curtsy, gentlemen may bow
Mi deh rock so
You deh rock so
Under banyan tree
Then we join hands and dance around and round
Mi deh rock so
You deh rock so
Under banyan tree
BANYAN TREE
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