PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
201 - Day-o The Banana Boat Song
Intro
Solo 1: Day-o, day-o Daylight come and me wan' go home
Solo 2: Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, Me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Solo 1+2: Daylight come and me wan' go home
Verse 1
Solo 1+2: Work all night on a drink of rum
(All) Daylight come and me wan' go home
Solo 1+2: Stack banana 'til de mornin' come
(All) Daylight come and me wan' go home
Verse 2
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
Verse 3
(Men) Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
(Ladies) Day-light come and me wan' go home
(Men) Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
(Ladies) Day-light come and me wan' go home
Chorus
Solo 1: Day, me say day-o
(All) Day-light come and me wan' go home
Solo 2: Day, me say day, me say day, me say…
(All) Day-light come and me wan' go home
Verse 4
(All) A beau-tiful bunch o' ripe banana
Day-light come and me wan' go home
Hide the deadly black tarantula
Day-light come and me wan' go home
Verse 3 repeat
(Men) Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
(Ladies) Day-light come and me wan' go home
(Ladies) Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
(Men) Day-light come and me wan' go home
Chorus
(All) Day-o, day-o
(Ladies) Day-light come and me wan' go home
(All) Day, me say day, me say day, me say day Me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
(Men) Day-light come and me wan' go home
Verse 2 repeat
(All) Come, mister tally man, tal-ly me banana
Day-light come and me wan' go home
Come, mister tally man, tal-ly me banana
Day-light come and me wan' go home
Chorus
Day-o, day-o
Day-light come and me wan' go home
Solo 1: Day, me say day, me say day, me say day Me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
(All) Day-light come and me wan---' go--- home----
Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Dave Tanner / William Attaway / Harry Belafonte / Lord Burgess