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The Banana Boat Song

arrangement of a song in the popular domain
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The Banana Boat Song

Summary

The Banana Boat Song is a musical work/composition[1].

Key Facts

  • The Banana Boat Song's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[2].
  • The Banana Boat Song's composer is recorded as DP[3].
  • The Banana Boat Song's composer is recorded as traditional[4].
  • The Banana Boat Song's based on is recorded as Day-O[5].
  • Among the performers on The Banana Boat Song was Harry Belafonte[6].
  • The Banana Boat Song's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • The Banana Boat Song's lyricist is recorded as William Attaway[8].
  • The Banana Boat Song's lyricist is recorded as Lord Burgess[9].
  • The Banana Boat Song's title is recorded as The Banana Boat Song[10].
  • The Banana Boat Song's has characteristic is recorded as arrangement on a work of the public domain[11].
  • The Banana Boat Song's has melody is recorded as Day-O[12].
  • The Banana Boat Song's adapted by is recorded as William Attaway[13].
  • The Banana Boat Song's adapted by is recorded as Lord Burgess[14].
  • The Banana Boat Song's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[16]

  • Genre(s): dancehall, folk, reggae[17]

  • Community tags: dancehall, folk, reggae[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c16dd477-4022-3557-b3dc-f6ada7ecd4db[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Banana Boat Song was performed by Harry Belafonte[6].

Publication

The Banana Boat Song's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → arrangement of a song in the popular domain
    Based on → Day-O
    Instance of → musical work/composition
    Form of creative work → song
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0713875990, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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