Day-O
Beetle Juice Lyrics
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(Till I come and me wanna go home)
Day is a day, is a day, is a day
Is a day, is a day-o
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
Work all night, gonna drink our rum
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
Stack banana till the morning come
Come mister tally man, tally me banana
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
Come mister tally man, tally me banana
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
Day ia a day-o
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
Day is a day, is a day, is a day
Is a day, is a day
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
A beautiful bunch, a ripe banana
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
I seek deadly lacked a launch-ra
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
(Repeat ** and *** then *)
Day-o, day-o
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
Day is a day, is a day, is a day
Is a day, is a day-o
The song “Day-o” also known as “The Banana Boat Song” by Beetle Juice presents Rick Maniac & Dr. Loop is a traditional Jamaican folk song that was made popular by Harry Belafonte in the 1950s. The song is about a group of workers who work all night to stack bananas until the morning comes. They are eagerly waiting for the tally man to come and take their bananas away so they can go home. The lyrics use repetition to showcase the monotony of the workers' job; they work all night stacking bananas, the days all seem the same.
The chorus of the song “Day-o, day-o (Till I come and me wanna go home), Day is a day, is a day, is a day, Is a day, is a day-o (Till I come and me wanna go home)” emphasizes their desire to go home after a long night of work. The workers are also described as preparing to drink rum once they are done with their work and the line “Stack banana ‘til the morning come” shows their dedication to their work.
In the second verse, the tally man is shouted out; the workers want him to come and tally their bananas so they can get their pay and finally go home. The song then returns to the chorus reiterating the theme of the workers' desire to go home.
Overall, the song “Day-o” represents the struggles of workers who must work long hours and do the same job every day and yet eagerly anticipate their return home.
Line by Line Meaning
Day-o, day-o
The singer is reminding himself/herself that the day is about to end and they can finally go home.
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
The singer repeats their desire to go home again.
Day is a day, is a day, is a day
The singer is emphasizing that no matter what kind of day it is, it's still just a day.
Is a day, is a day-o
The artist is repeating the previous line in a more catchy and rhythmic way to make it stick in the listener's mind.
Work all night, gonna drink our rum
The artist and his/her colleagues have worked all night and now deserve to unwind with a drink.
Stack banana till the morning come
The singer is literally stacking bananas as part of their job, ready to sell them in the morning.
Come mister tally man, tally me banana
The singer is asking the supervisor to count and keep track of the bananas they have stacked.
A beautiful bunch, a ripe banana
The artist is admiring the quality of the bananas they have stacked and ready to sell.
I seek deadly lacked a launch-ra
This line is nonsensical and doesn't have a clear meaning in the song. It is likely added for its rhyme and rhythm only.
(Repeat ** and *** then *)
The artist is repeating the previous lines until the song ends.
Day is a day, is a day, is a day
The singer is repeating the previous line again to remind the listener that no matter what kind of day it is, it's still just a day.
Is a day, is a day-o
The artist is repeating the previous line in a more catchy and rhythmic way to make it stick in the listener's mind.
Contributed by Parker V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@jennysanimations4181
Meanwhile Kevin was home alone.
@jaiiwoo3652
🤭
@Jakeybakey5
Crying 😂
@p-star7678
LMAO
@DXKramer
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
@bd8026
With his cheese 🧀 pizza 🍕
@bobcanada7382
Best part of the video (aside from the song, of course) is how the actors were all able to do the dance number while looking like they didn't WANT to be doing it-- since the ghosts were controlling them. That was probably difficult to do.
@johnny--guitar
Confused, terrified choreographed dance number
@keyrawre
Bob Canada not really its all in the facial expressions
@wickedwitchoftheeast88
I bet they had a right laugh doing this scene 😂