Banana Boat Song (Day-O) by Harry Belafonte

Day-o, day-o
Daylight come and me wanna go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day-o
Daylight come and me wanna go home

Work all night and a drink a rum
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)
Stack banana till the mornin' come
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)

Come mister tally man and tally me banana
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)
Me say, "Come mister tally man and tally me banana"
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)

Lift six hand, seven hand, eight hand bunch
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)
Me say, "Six hand, seven hand, eight hand bunch"
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)

Day, me say day-o
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)

A beautiful bunch of ripe banana
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)
Hide the deadly black tarantula
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)

Lift six hand, seven hand, eight hand bunch
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)
Me say, "Six hand, seven hand, eight hand bunch"
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)

Day, me say day-o
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)

Come mister tally man and tally me banana
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)
Me say, "Come mister tally man and tally me banana"
(Daylight come and me wanna go home)

Day-o, day-o
Daylight come and me wanna go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day-o
Daylight come and me wanna go home

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