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  • Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
    Lyrics By:
    Traditional, Darling, Carey, Arkin
    Music By:
    Traditional, Darling, Carey, Arkin

    Day-o, day-o
    Daylight come and me wan' go home
    Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
    Me say day, me say day-o
    Daylight come and me wan' go home

    Work all night on a drink of rum
    Daylight come and me wan' go home
    Stack banana till de 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

    Lift 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-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 o' ripe banana
    Daylight come and me wan' go home
    Hide the deadly black tarantula
    Daylight come and me wan' go home

    Lift 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-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-o
    Daylight come and me wan' go home
    Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
    Me say day, me say day-o
    Daylight come and me wan' go home

    Played twice by the Grateful Dead in 1987, both times with the Neville Brothers as guests on stage.

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Played twice by the Grateful Dead in 1987, both times with the Neville Brothers as guests on stage.

Lyrics By
Traditional
Darling
Carey
Arkin
Music By
Traditional
Darling
Carey
Arkin
Lyrics

Day-o, day-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Work all night on a drink of rum
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Stack banana till de 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

Lift 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-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 o' ripe banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Hide the deadly black tarantula
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Lift 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-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-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home