BANANA BOAT SONG (DAY-O)

H. Belafonte, E. Burgess, B Attaway
Based on a Jamaican folk song

Day-o, Day o,
Daylight come and me wanna go home.
Day-o, Misere misere misere o,
Daylight come and me wanna go home.

Come mister Tallyman, tally me bananas.
Daylight come and me wanna go home.
Come mister Tallyman 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.
Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch.
Daylight come and me wanna go home.

A clerk man a check but him check with caution.
Daylight come and me wanna go home.
A clerk man a check but him check with caution.
Daylight come and me wanna go home.

My back just broke with bare exhaustion.
Daylight come and me wanna go home.
My back just broke with bare exhaustion.
Daylight come and me wanna go home.

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