Banana Boat Song
Alan Arkin, Bob Carey, Erik Darling, 1956· Songs Well-Known in America · p.30
(Note: Plain text is main lyric singer(s), (Italic text) is backup singers)
D A D A D
Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
(D) A
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
D A D
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
D A D
Work all night on a drink a' rum. (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
(D) A D
Stack banana till the mornin' come. (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
D A D A D
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana. (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
D A D A D
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana. (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
(D) A D
It's six hand, seven hand, eight hand BUNCH! (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
(D) A D
It's six hand, seven hand, eight hand BUNCH! (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
(D) A
Day, me say day-ay-ay-o. (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
D A
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day... (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
D A D
A beautiful bunch a' ripe banana. (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
(D) A D
Hide the deadly black tarantula. (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
(D) A D
It's six hand, seven hand, eight hand BUNCH! (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
(D) A D
It's six ha, seven hand, eight hand BUNCH (Daylight come and me wan go home)
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D A D A D
Day, me say day-ay-ay-o. (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
D A D
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day... (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
(D) A D A D
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
(D) A D A D
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
D A D
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and me wan' go home)
D A
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
D A D
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
* Originally a Jamaican work song. Recorded by Harry Belafonte.