Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Work all night on a drink a' rum
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Stack banana till the mornin' come
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day...
Daylight come and me wan' go home
A beautiful bunch a' ripe banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Hide the deadly black tarantula
Daylight come and me wan' go home
It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day...
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/h/harry_belafonte/banana_boat_song.html ]
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Banana Boat Song lyrics
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by Unregistered on Jan 22nd 2012 4:52 pm
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Working at a banana factory because he says come mister tally man tally my bananas which means count them for shipping. When he says we wan a come home that means he doesnt want to work any more and it is near morning and they wanna go home. ;)
by Unregistered on Jan 8th 2012 10:28 am
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This is not slavery. A) slaves werent given rum and b) slaves wouldnt need their bananas tallying. Give up the slaves ideas. The guy wants the man to tally up his bananas and pay him so he can go home.
by Unregistered on Dec 29th 2011 5:51 pm
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Asking the guy in charge to count their bananas and pay them so they can go home!
by Unregistered on Dec 21st 2011 12:13 pm
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Some extremely wierd song in my favorite movie! Which just happens to be beetlejuice! God i love that movie
by Unregistered on Dec 13th 2011 2:14 am
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I don't believe it had anything to do with slavery. A slave wouldn't need the bananas to be tallied. Only the person being paid for them would. It would either be someone harvesting and selling their own crop or someone working on a plantation for pay.
by Unregistered on Dec 12th 2011 3:12 am
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"banana boat song" was written by the same angel who created the banana to give the financially disadvantaged people in people in the warmer climates something colorful and sweet to eat. The song describes the thinking of poor people while they are working on banana boats or anywhere for that matter. This angel has been in there mindspace when they are working. They think largely about going home. This angel prefers to remain anonymous here for private reasons.
by Unregistered on Dec 10th 2011 6:49 pm
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Slaves werent given rum. So that refutes your whole idea, you racist prick
by Unregistered on Dec 1st 2011 10:30 pm
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The banana boat song is about the slaves who filled the holds of the ships to export bananas: every night, they would work till dawn to get the ships filled in time for the dawn tide.
by Unregistered on Nov 25th 2011 3:58 am
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A life that the slaves lived because of the slave trade ;)
by Unregistered on Sep 17th 2011 12:16 pm
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A life of drudgery, same ole, same ole. Every night it's the same,work hard hefting heavy loads of bananas, waiting impatiently for them to be counted/weighed. All he wants is to go home and rest, knowing he will have to do it over & over & over. Emg