Harry Belafonte
Harold George Belafonte, Jr. (born March 1, 1927 in New York, New York, United States) is an African-American musician, actor and social activist of Jamaican ancestry. One of the most successful Jamaican musicians in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style in the 1950s. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing the "Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". Throughout his career, he has been an advocate for civil rights and humanitarian causes. Read Full BioHarold George Belafonte, Jr. (born March 1, 1927 in New York, New York, United States) is an African-American musician, actor and social activist of Jamaican ancestry. One of the most successful Jamaican musicians in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style in the 1950s. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing the "Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". Throughout his career, he has been an advocate for civil rights and humanitarian causes. In recent years (as of 2006), he has been a vocal critic of the policies of the Bush Administration.
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Day-O
Harry Belafonte 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 '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
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC
Written by: Dave Tanner, William Attaway, Harry Belafonte, Lord Burgess
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Sara Solomon
It's so interesting looking at the comments (Most people mention the movie "Beetlejuice"), but the songs lyrics are extremely clear; Night workers, harvesting bananas on a plantation, are eager for the "Tally Man" to tally their bananas, so they can to home to rest. As someone mentioned below, it's a Jamaican folk song.
Sam Sharpe
@Bugga Boy stuff like this is doubly sad because it's exactly American policy that made the work your grandpa did so dangerous, by destroying any country that dared attempting the improvement of agricultural worker's rights, something that Belafonte has struggled against all his life
MRDH33.0
Trey90 Count them up
Trey90
what do u mean by tally their bananas?
MRDH33.0
It’s just a job, and too hot to do it in the day
T M
AS YT is it heart breaking? I thought of it as a group work song
scott rayner
Nobody:
Everyone at the dinner table:
T H E Y R E G R O O V I N
Sam Breall
Everyone: Moonlight comin me wanna eat dinner
gianna
HAHAHA yes
kkdaweirdo YT
this is a slave song..