Comments on: Origin of “Four White Horses”

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:50:11 +0000

By the way, I was born in Trinidad and I grew up mostly in St. Croix, Virgin Islands

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:47:00 +0000

I learned it as:
Four white horses on the rainbow
Hey, hey we go, up tomorrow
Up tomorrow is a rainy day
Come on down with a shallow play
A shallow play is a ripe banana
Hey, hey we go up tomorrow

By: Nykha

Nykha — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:30:52 +0000

In school it learned it as
Four white horses on the table pick them up and grease your nable
Hey here we go up tomorow up
tomorow is a rainy
and a rainy day is a shadow day and a shadow day is a ripe banana
(can not remember this line)
I live in st.vincent in the carbbean it is a famous game in the caribbean
from my grandmother days

By: Bailey

Bailey — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:11:48 +0000

My music teacher taught us this a few weeks ago and he has had a student that owned many horses and it turns out a horse that is going to be ridin for the first time is referred to as a ripe banna and I’ve always heard it four white horses on the rainbow but I don’t no what that means but I’m guessing the song means why don’t you come down and see my horse shadow play she is a ripe banna

By: Tony LaCroix

Tony LaCroix — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:46:31 +0000

By: erica jackman-chapman

erica jackman-chapman — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:54:54 +0000

hi Nacy, i attended Gramboko around the same time(1974-75)my favorite teachers were Ivy Neal,and Ms.Richarson.
check me out on fb.
p.s
how about trying to organize a class/school reunion?

By: Shpoof

Shpoof — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:35:52 +0000

I learned that song in school its EPIC!

By: BVI

BVI — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:49:22 +0000

Four white horses, on the riverbank,
Hey, hey, up tomorrow,
Up tomorrow is a rainy day.
Come on down to the shadow play,
A shadow play is a ripe banana,
Hey, hey, up tomorrow
Up tomorrow is a rainy day.
Come on down to the shadow play,
A shadow play is a ripe banana,
Hey, hey, up tomorrow.

(you have to sing it in a very upbeat way)

By: Maliyah Price

Maliyah Price — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:22:00 +0000

i learned it like this:

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.

By: Mike Whitla

Mike Whitla — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:45:37 +0000

Natalie

Thanks for your version and the info about the “Ripe Banana”.