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<pre><font size='+2'>BANANA BOAT DAY O lyrics HARRY BELAFONTE</font><br>Day-O (Banana Boat Song)<br />
<br />
Artist: Harry Belafonte (peak Billboard position # 5 in 1957)<br />
Words and Music by Harry Belafonte, Lord Burgess, and Bill Attaway<br />
Based on a Jamaican folk song<br />
Other versions in 1957- Tarriers (#4); Fontane Sisters (#13); Steve Lawrence <br />
(#18); Sarah Vaughan (# 19); and Stan Freberg (#25)<br />
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Day-o, day-ay-ay-o<br />
Daylight come and he wan` go home<br />
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o<br />
Daylight come and he wan` go home<br />
<br />
Work all night on a drink a`rum<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
Stack banana till thee morning come<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
<br />
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
<br />
It`s six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
<br />
Day, he say day-ay-ay-o<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day,he say day, he say day<br />
<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
<br />
A beautiful bunch a`ripe banana<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
Hide thee deadly black tarantula<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
<br />
It`s six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
<br />
Day, he say day-ay-ay-o<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day,he say day, he say day<br />
<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
<br />
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
<br />
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o<br />
(Daylight come and he wan` go home)<br />
<br />
<br />
Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz<br />
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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

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