Day-o (banana Boat) Lyrics - The Real... - Harry Belafonte

Day-O (Banana Boat Song) 

Based on a Jamaican folk song 

Other versions in 1957- Tarriers (#4); Fontane Sisters (#13); Steve Lawrence 

(#18); Sarah Vaughan (# 19); and Stan Freberg (#25) 

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) 

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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) 

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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) 

Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz 

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