Banana Boat (Day-O)
((Danish Version: The Banana Boat Song (by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann) - 1957))
Composer(s): Harry Belafonte - Irving Burgie - William A. Attaway
First release by: Harry Belafonte - 1956
Covered by multiple other artists
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o Daylight come and he wan' go home Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o Daylight come and he wan' go home
Work all night on a drink a'rum (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Stack banana till thee morning come (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Bunch! (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Bunch! (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day, he say day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Day, he say day, he say day, he say day he say day, he say day (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
A beautiful bunch a'ripe banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Hide thee deadly black tarantula (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Bunch! (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Bunch! (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day, he say day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Day, he say day, he say day, he say day he say day, he say day (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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