Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics:
Banana Boat Song
Banana Boat Song
Banana Boat Song
Hey Mr.Tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and I wanna go home"
Daylight come and me want go home.
Chop banana til the morning come.
Daylight come...
Day-o, day-o
Daylight come...
Day-o, day-o
A beautiful bunch of ripe banana,
Daylight come...
Hide the deadly black tarantula,
Daylight come...
Day-o...etc.
Come mister tally man, tally me banana,
Daylight come...
Come mister...
Daylingt come...
I pack up all me things and I go to sea,
Daylight come...
Then all these banana see the last of me.
Daylight come...
Day-o...etc.
Come mr. tallyman..."
note: this is, more or less, the version sung by Harry Bellafonte. There's
another one, song by the Tarriers; both were lifted from a Library of Congress
field recording (the Tarriers version combines two songs) RG
SOF
OCT98