Banana Boat Song (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte

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Banana Boat Song (Day-O) Lyrics

Day-o day-o
Day light come and me wanna go home.
Day me say day me say day me say day me say day me say day-o
day light come and me wanna go home
work all night on a drink of rum
day light come and me wanna go home
stack banana till the morning come
day light come and me wanna go home
Come mister tally man tally me Banana.
Day light come and me wanna go home.

Come mister tally man tally me Banana.
Day light come and me wanna go home.
lift six foot
seven foot
eight foot
punch.
Day light come and me wanna go home.
six foot
seven foot
eight foot
punch

day light come and me wanna go home

day me say day-o
day light come and me wanna go home
day me say day me say day me say day
day light come and me wanna go home
a beautiful bunch of ripe banana

day light come and me wanna go home
hide the deadly black tarantula

day light come and me wanna go home
lift six foot

seven foot
eight foot
punch

day light come and me wanna go home
six foot
seven foot
eight foot
punch
day light come and me wanna go home

day me say day-o
day light come and me wanna go home
day me say day me say day me say day
day light come and me wanna go home

come mister tally man tally me banana
day light come and me wanna go home
come mister tally man tally me banana
day light come and me wanna go home
day-o day-o
day light come and me wanna go home
day me say day me say day me say day me say day me say day me say day-o
day light come and me wanna go home

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Harold George Belafonte, Jr. (born March 1, 1927 in New York, New York, United States) is an African-American musician, actor and social activist of Jamaican ancestry. One of the most successful Jamaican musicians in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style in the 1950s. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing the "Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". Throughout his career, he has been an advocate for civil rights and humanitarian causes. In recent years (as of 2006), he has been a vocal critic of the policies of the Bush Administration.
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