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 O. Daylight come and me wan' go home. Day, me say day, me say day, me say day. Me say day, me say day O. Daylight come and me wan' go home.
Day-o, day-o. Daylight come and we want go home. Day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a day-o. Daylight come and we want go home. . Work all night on a drink of rum.