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by Harry Belafonte
- Banana Boat Song 1/5
[C] Day-o, [G] day-o. [C] Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home.
[C] Day, me say day, me say day, me say [G] day.
[C] Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home.
Well . . . . [C] Work all night on a drink of rum.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home. [C]
Stack banana ’til de mornin’ come.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go [C] home [C]
[C] Come, mister tally man, tally me banana.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home. [C]
Come, mister tally man, tally me banana.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go [C] home.
[C] Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home.
[C]Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go [C] home.
[C] Day-o, [G] day-o. [C] Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home.
[C] Day, me say day, me say day, me say [G] day.
[C] Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home. [C]
A beautiful bunch o’ ripe banana.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home.
[C] Hide the deadly black tarantula.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go [C] home.
[C] Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home.
[C] Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go [C] 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, me say day-o.
Daylight come and me wan’ go home (slowing near end of song)
