Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat (Day-O) Lyrics

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Artist: Harry Belafonte
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Album: The Best Of Harry Belafonte (0)
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Song Title:	Banana Boat (Day-O)
Genre:	Folk
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Day-O (Banana Boat Song)

Artist: Harry Belafonte (peak Billboard position # 5 in 1957)
Words and Music by Harry Belafonte, Lord Burgess, and Bill Attaway
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)

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)

Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
ronhontz@worldnet.att.net

Banana Boat (Day-O) Lyrics at Lyricstrue

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Other Harry Belafonte song Lyrics
Day-O (Banana Boat Song) "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..."	Jamaica Farewell "JAMAICA FAREWELL Harry Belafonte Down the bay where the nights are gay And the sun shines daily on the mountain top..."
Will His Love Be Like His Rum "Will his love be like his rum, Yes it will, yes it will, Intoxicating all night long, Yes it will, yes it will, everybody,..."	Gomen Nasai ( Forgive Me) "Gomen nasai I'm so sorry gomen nasai I am so sorry I made you cry Won't you forgive me dear Goman nasai nights have been lonely..."
Marys Boy Child "Mary's Boy Child Harry Belafonte Long time ago in Bethlehem, So the Holy Bible say,..."	Mama Look a Boo Boo "I wonder why nobody don't like me Or is it the fact that I'm ugly? I wonder why nobody don't like me Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?..."
Island In The Sun "Island In the Sun Words and Music by Harry Belafonte and Lord Burgess Title song from the 1957 film starring James Mason, Joan Collins, Dorothy Dandridge, Michael Rennie, and Belafonte...."	Dont Ever Love Me "Don't Ever Love Me Harry Belafonte Word and Music by Lord Burgess While in that gay tropic isle..."
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