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   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 ’til 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

   Songwriters: Dave Tanner / William Attaway / Harry Belafonte / Lord Burgess

   Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) lyrics © Semi, Music Sales Corporation