Lyrics
(Jamaican folk song)
Thank you for this Chris’mus,
Thank you for the New Year,
And thank you for the chance to live
To see another Chris’mus.
La la la la, doin’ the bamboo walk,
La la la la, doin’ the bamboo walk.
See also
- Country: Jamaica
- Subject: Christmas
- Harmony: Orff arrangements /Â chords I, IV, V
- Melody: repeated tones
- Rhythm: steady beat
- Source: The Musical Classroom: Backgrounds, Models and Skills for Elementary Teaching,Hackett, Lindeman, Prentice Hall, Inc. 1979
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