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Four white horses, on the river,
Hey, hey, hey, up tomorrow,
Up tomorrow is a rainy day.
Come on up to the shallow bay,
Shallow bay is a ripe banana,
Up tomorrow is a rainy day.
Four kids play: Two across from each other. One pair goes high the other low then they alternate. Clap partner, clap hands, clap partner, clap hands. Then alternate. Do this for the first 4 lines. Then for the last 2 lines - they can go to the side partner - clap side partner, clap hands (5th line). Then the other side partner - clap side partner clap hands (6th line).
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Alternate lyrics:
Four white horses on a rainbow,
Hey, hey, hey, up tomorrow*
Up tomorrow is a rainy day,
Come on down to the shadow play,
Shadow play is a ripe banana,
Hey, hey, hey, up tomorrow.
I've read that "up tomorrow" may have originally been "hope tomorrow" and have seen versions with it as "for tomorrow".
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Thanks to Lila for contributing this song (that she learned from music class)!
Thanks to Lila for singing this song for us!
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This is a traditional Caribbean song. In one interpretation, it's about four white horses traveling on a river in a boat or on a barge. It's going to rain the next day, so they'd better come back up river to where it's safe in the shallow bay.