Day-O (Banana Boat)

Irving Burgie, William Attaway

Day O Day O

Daylight come and me wanna go
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 tally me bananas
(daylight come and me wanna go home)
come mister tally man tally me bananas
(daylight come and me wanna go home)
lift six foot seven foot eight foot bunch!
(daylight come and me wanna go home)
six foot seven foot eight foot 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 o(daylight come and me
wanna go home)
A beauitful 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 foot seven foot eight foot bunch!
(daylight come and me wanna go home)
six foot seven foot eight foot 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 o(daylight come and me
wanna go home)
come mister tally man tally me banana
(daylight come and me wanna go home)
come mister tally man 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 o
(daylight come and me wanna go home)

Trivia about the song Day-O (Banana Boat) by Harry Belafonte

On which albums was the song “Day-O (Banana Boat)” released by Harry Belafonte?
Harry Belafonte released the song on the albums “Belafonte at Carnegie Hall” in 1959, “Day O (Banana Boat Song)” in 2011, “Une Île au Soleil” in 2011, and “Day-O All Time Hits” in 2012.
Who composed the song “Day-O (Banana Boat)” by Harry Belafonte?
The song “Day-O (Banana Boat)” by Harry Belafonte was composed by Irving Burgie, William Attaway.

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