Harry Belafonte - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) 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 morning 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, 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, 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





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  1. c.... m....

    i remember this movie... Beetlejuice

  2. H.... D....

    Feel sure this is where Freddie Mercury got the idea from to go head to head with his audience .... AAAAAAAAAYYHO !

  3. M.... L....

    The Beetlejuice movie was so funny when this song come on 😂😂😂

  4. Y.... ....

    Welcome to the pacific jimbo

  5. S.... K....

    Priceless ..

  6. m.... s....

    the obama's song

  7. P.... ....

    i once played this during sexual intercourse

  8. M.... k....

    I come here from my favorite er……juice.We all know what it is.

    M.... k....

    Yep now I'm thirsty * drinks juice*

    M.... k....

    Karai grayson You just drank beetle blood,you happy?

  9. B.... F....

    For most of you who don’t seem to know, this is originally a West Indian folk song that Belafonte basically stole from a people without giving the due credit. The song tells the story of Africans recently freed from slavery trying to sell the bananas that the cultivated.

  10. D.... H....

    "We'v got Ed Cornwall of the wax museum."

  11. T.... S....

    I remember this from way back

  12. J.... ....

    I love beetle juice this is favorite song

  13. j.... ....

    check out Panda Bear - Person Pitch

  14. S.... S....

    Tonight out of nowhere I decided my 3 month old needed an intro to HB and thr Banana Boat Song. I danced him around the kitchen singing along to him. He loved it...couldn't stop staring at me. Pretty sure he thinks I'm mad.

  15. e.... ....

    Beetlejuice brought me here. And this song gets better every time I hear it.

  16. P.... F....

    Thank you for posting this song.

  17. D.... M....

    Michael Jackson sounds jamaican in this one. wow

  18. G.... ....

    I don’t know why.. but every time I eat a banana. I think of this song😂. Two hours later “Me want banana “.

  19. n.... a....

    Banana lol.. tigerrrr

    n.... a....

    @Vinicius Sousa hey what's doing

    n.... a....

    @not an eminette I'm me see no in in me i no speak english,sorry.

    n.... a....

    @Vinicius Sousa me speaka no englais either .. I speak Australian

    n.... a....

    @not an eminette I'm me see no in in me very nice

  20. D.... P....

    This song always leaves me with a weird feeling, something almost eerie about it

  21. f.... ....

    found a hallmark birthday card and this was the song

  22. P.... H....

    Fumando muita maconha

  23. G.... ....

    I came here after seeing Beetlejuice....I had never watched Beetlejuice before and i liked the parth when Beetlejui......Ohhhh shit i almost call him

  24. k.... b....

    I came here for one reason but now I realize there are more than one reasons...

  25. S.... D....

    60% people talking about beetle juice
    20% people confused about the beetle juice comments
    5% talking aboud justin trudeau
    2.5% random
    2.5%boomers saying this is what good music is

  26. T.... ....

    When I first became aware of this song, it was seeing Harry Belafonte's voice come out of Delia Deetz' mouth and the entire scene connect to it. I still picture Delia twerking and doing calypso when I hear it under the right context, but I like the song alone.

  27. S.... R....

    Hey mr teliban

  28. �.... �....

    אחד מגיבור


    י הילדות שלי

  29. S.... B....

    Fresh prince?

  30. L.... Y....

    Lil Wayne: I think I'm bout to steal

  31. G.... K....

    Good music,fantastic song .

  32. B.... P....

    Brasil!!!
    Não entede nada nessa banana kkkk

  33. J.... P....

    🍌🐒🐵

  34. M.... S....

    universe
    Infinity
    absolute
    at the end NEUTRAL ENERGY will win
    DAY 14.12.2019 AZORES PORTUGAL HOUR 22.49.26

  35. T.... G....

    Nice voice professor hahahaha legends of tomorrow

  36. C.... ....

    I'm assuming a certain creepy old guy in a black and white striped suit brought you all here

  37. G.... ....

    Having a nice tropical drink while listening to this song

  38. F.... ....

    Quem veio pelo vídeo dAs mulheres derrubando champanhe no chão?

  39. V.... A....

    Creo que aquí empieza el verdadero eooo.

  40. E.... ....

    Bettle Juice
    Bettle Juice
    Bettle Juice

  41. S.... -....

    Anyone here from tik-tok should go to hell

  42. C.... S....

    When the thumbnail is creepier than the beetlejuice version

  43. S.... D....

    Why does it keep cutting off ? Bloody pissing me of !!

  44. S.... ....

    Who is still listening this song On Febuary 31st 2022?

  45. P.... R....

    *WHO’S WANTS BACON?!*

  46. T.... J....

    Beetle juice

  47. H.... C....

    Otho? Are you doing this?

  48. N.... ....

    1:02
    Lil Wayne wants to know your location

  49. M.... ....

    What does this song mean?

  50. z.... p....

    A very intelligent person. I lovef his music and Made me interesyed in otjet cultures

  51. J.... S....

    I remember singing this in primary skll😪😭at sunnyside folks😭

  52. p.... h....

    This song will ALWAYS remind me of my time in my 20s and I was leaving New York. I lived on 26th between 3rd and lex. The street walkers were out all night. The morning I left, a pimp pulled up blasting this song while he picked up his girls.

  53. C.... Y....

    It's the end of 2019 December, who is still listening to this, like me?

    C.... Y....

    it's 2022 and im still listening

    C.... Y....

    Me too. No one else like him.

  54. H.... D....

    It's six foot, seven foot, eight food bunch! If you don't click like, you'll get a punch!

  55. a.... f....

    Great film and great lyrics

  56. M.... ....

    That dislikes must BJ, cuz they didn't say his name in this one

  57. M.... ....

    Delia enjoyed this song in both versions xd

  58. S.... H....

    Working weekends I be like"
    If it ain't Monday I wanna go home"

  59. S.... P....

    R I P Irving Burgie 🎵🎶Thank you for the Music

  60. m.... r....

    Here's to the 1,000th time listening to this today because it's the only thing calming my teething infant

  61. t.... ....

    Beatle juice?

  62. n.... s....

    When i was a kid my late father listen to this song

  63. T.... W....

    what if daylight come....And me don't wanna go home...huh huh?what if me wants to PARTY!!!!

  64. M.... M....

    ... Day O was a signal like D day ...

  65. A.... S....

    I love his songs, voice and he is so pretty to look at!

  66. W.... ....

    Les 4.2k qui aime pas pourquoi ?

  67. D.... C....

    “Thats cute merriam”

  68. D.... M....

    No one:

    Me at 4:28 am: *DAAAYYYO*

  69. G.... G....

    Tasty juice!

  70. M.... X....

    Here to honor the songwriter Irving Burgie who wrote this beautiful piece of music. Rest in peace! (Dec 2019)

  71. C.... M....

    Lil wayne took me here

  72. E.... F....

    Lil wayne 6 foot 7 foot?

  73. J.... I....

    Rest in peace his friend god bless him hard work fight and support and volunteer.

  74. a.... a....

    RIP!!!!

  75. I.... Y....

    Im here because of my music teacher ._.

  76. B.... A....

    Remembering the writer of this song who died on Friday 💔💔💔 😭

  77. T.... M....

    My name is Tao and this is sung at me every time I tell someone my name. My life is misery because of this man.

    T.... M....

    Why don't blame your parents instead?

  78. p.... ....

    R.i.p irving

  79. B.... B....

    Rest in Peace to the GAWD! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  80. A.... J....

    *i searched for **_"songs like moon river"_** and yt brought me here, wasnt disappointed*

  81. G.... D....

    Vengo por el examen de Música❤️🤘

  82. F.... ....

    R.I.P. Irving Burgie one of the writers of this song. Passed away at the age of 95 over the weekend.

  83. s.... ....

    Irving Burgie, who went by the name Lord Burgess, passed away at the age of 95 on November 29th, 2019...
    He co-composed "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", and on February 14th, 1957 Harry Belafonte's original version of the song peaked at #5 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Top 100 chart, it spent twenty weeks on the Top 100...
    And on January 24th, 1957 the Tarriers' covered version reached #4 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Most Played by Jockeys chart...
    Also in 1957 four other covered versions charted on Billboard's national charts, Fontane Sisters {#13 on the Jockeys chart}, Steve Lawrence {#18 on the Jockeys chart}, Sarah Vaughan {#19 on the Jockeys chart}, and Stan Freberg's parody version reached #25 on the Best-Sellers in Stores chart...
    Across the pond in the United Kingdom, Shirley Bassey's version peaked at #8 in March of 1957...
    May Mr. Burgie R.I.P.

  84. T.... S....

    One of the greatest songs ever made

  85. J.... M....

    R. I. P Irving Burgie

  86. M.... G....

    Such an iconic song. RIP.

  87. T.... T....

    RIP Irving Burgie

  88. b.... l....

    Harry Belafonte quote "No matter what the greatest tyrant in the world, the greatest terrorist in the world, George W. Bush, says, we're here to tell you: Not hundreds, not thousands, but millions of the American people support your revolution. - Remarks made to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in January 2006".

  89. D.... G....

    Rip lordy

  90. m.... _....

    My grandpa used to love it.. ❤️

  91. B.... R....

    RIP YOU WERE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MAN

  92. M.... ....

    BEETLE JUICE BEETLE JUICE BEETLE JUICE

  93. T.... S....

    Marve Fleksnes brought me here. He was a comic character played by the Norwegian actor Rolv Wesenlund, and was popular in Norway and Sweden in the '70s and '80s. "Day-O" became a signature of him, and used in the vignette of each episode. RIP to the original song writer.

  94. S.... ....

    I mute the tv and kill everyone in gtav while listening to that

  95. W.... M....

    R.I.P. You will be missed