At regular intervals, his loyal tenantry gave him loyal applause.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Prior to the 1930s, Barbadian calypso was called banja, and was performed by laborers in village-tenantry areas.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He had been given the job by the local landlord Edward Hudson who sought to improve the area, largely by replacing the local tenantry, and as such was very unpopular.