Banana Boat Song

Harry Belafonte

Day-o, day-o

Daylight come and we want go home

Day-o, day-o

Daylight come and we want go home


Work all night on a drink of rum

Daylight come and we want go home

Stack banana ‘til the morning come

Daylight come and we want go home


Come Mister tally man, tally me banana

Daylight come and we want go home

Come Mister tally man, tally me banana

Daylight come and we want go home


Day-o, day-o

Daylight come and we want go home

Day-o, day-o

Daylight come and we want go home


Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch

Daylight come and we want go home

Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch

Daylight come and we want go home


Day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a 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


Day-o, day-o

Daylight come and we want go home

Day-o, day-o

Daylight come and we want go home


A beautiful bunch of ripe banana

Daylight come and we want go home

Hide the deadly black tarantula

Daylight come and we want go home


Come Mister tally man, tally me banana

Daylight come and we want go home

Come Mister tally man, tally me banana

Daylight come and we want go home


Day-o, day-o

Daylight come and we want go home

Day-o, day-o

Daylight come and we want go home