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Day-O (Banana Boat Song)
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Artist: Harry Belafonte (peak Billboard position # 5 in 1957)
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Words and Music by Harry Belafonte, Lord Burgess, and Bill Attaway
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Based on a Jamaican folk song
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Other versions in 1957- Tarriers (#4); Fontane Sisters (#13); Steve Lawrence
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(#18); Sarah Vaughan (# 19); and Stan Freberg (#25)
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Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
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Daylight come and he wan' go home
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Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o
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Daylight come and he wan' go home
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Work all night on a drink a'rum
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Stack banana till thee morning come
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Day, he say day-ay-ay-o
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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A beautiful bunch a'ripe banana
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Hide thee deadly black tarantula
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Day, he say day-ay-ay-o
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o
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(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
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Banana Boat (day O)
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| Harry Belafonte |
