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The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) by Harry Belafonte

• 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 licensed and provided by LyricFind
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• Chrisj from Chicago The printed lyrics do not match what Belafonte sings. Six hand, seven hand, eight hand bunch. Bananas are measured in bunches, hands, and fingers. Also I think he sings { misé day }
• Kel from Western Nc if you want to hear something funny, listen to Stan Freberg’s parody of this song. It’s pretty hilarious. And the genius of Stan is that he did all the voices in the song. Usually live, or in the same take.
• Parker Gabriel from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The story told in the lyrics is actually horror-inspiring, as banana boat stevedores were little better than slaves, peons at mildest. And theirs were extremely hard lives, filled with especially cruel treatment from their bosses and/or forepeople. Worst of all was that so many of them were killed on the job from being literally worked to death--and treated as expendable.
• Barry from Sauquoit, Ny 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... As noted above, 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.
• Barry from Sauquoit, Ny On January 20th 1957, the Tarriers performed "The Banana Boat Song" on the CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'... At the time the Tarriers' original version was at #7 on Billboard's Best Seller in Stores chart; and one position higher at #6 was Harry Belafonte's covered version of the song... For what it's worth; the song at #2 was "Young Love" by Sonny James, while at #3 was Tab Hunter's version of the same song... And holding down the two bottom positions of the Top 10 was Fats Domino; his "Blue Monday" was at #9 and his "Blueberry Hill" was at #10.
• Jack from Burlington, Nj When initially recording the song, being asked for the title, Harry (spelled) named it, "Day Done Light".
• Barry from Sauquoit, Ny OnDecember 23rd, 1956, two versions of "The Banana Boat Show" entered Billboard's Top 100 chart; the Fontane Sisters version peaked at #13 and spent 18 weeks on the Top 100 while Sarah Vaughan's version reached #19 and stayed on the Top 100 for 14 weeks... R.I.P. Geri Fontane (1921 - 1993), Bea Fontane (1915 - 2002), Marge fontane (1917 - 2003), and Ms. Vaughan (1924 - 1990).
• Steve from South Central, Fl It is a Jamaican mento song, not calypso (Trinidad and Tobago). The name of the group is The Tarriers (not Terriers).
• Adrian from Johor Bahru, Malaysia During the ensuing war on terror there was a modified version of the song circulating on the internet which poked fun at then President George W Bush, Collin Powell and Osama bin Laden. It goes, Day O Daylite come and we drop the bomb ! Come Mr Taliban turn over bin Laden !
• Megan from Stevenson, Al This is such a classic loved by everybody. Completely awesome!
• Kombucha Mushroom :) from Millihole, Australia Ha ha I first heard this song on Beetlejuice :) yeahah hide the deadly black tarantula. . .
• Rob from Detroit, Mi Shouldn't the lyric read: "Hide the deadly black tarantula?"
• Lalah from Wasilla, Ak The first song on the B side of Calypso is called "STAR-O". It's the same tune except the dock workers are starting their shift. "Star a come and me carry me load". This is acutally a good album. My dad played it often when I was growing up so it reminds me of my childhood.
• Darrell from Eugene A variation of this song (a sample is "Day-O, One-Day Sale, Sunday Only at the Bon Marche) was used in sale commercials for the now-defunct Bon Marche high-end department store chain (also famous for Frango candy) for many years. "The Bon" was very prominent in the Pacific Northwest, which is where I live and was taken over by Macy's some years ago. The store in my hometown is now a Macy's.

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Harry Belafonte Miscellaneous banana boat Day-o, day-ay-ay-o Daylight come and me wan' go home Day-o, day-ay-ay-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 Day-o, day-ay-ay-o Daylight come and me wan' go home Day-o, day-ay-ay-o 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-ay-ay-o Daylight come and me wan' go home Day-o, day-ay-ay-o Daylight come and me wan' go home Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch Daylight come and me wan' go home Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch Daylight come and me wan' go home Beautiful bunch of 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-ay-ay-o Daylight come and me wan' go home Day, me say day, me say day, me say day

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Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) Printable Lyrics – PDF

“ Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) ” is a traditional folk song from Jamaica. It is was sung by the dock workers who worked night and day loading bananas onto the ships.

The song was recorded by Harry Belafonte in 1956 and since then became very popular all around the world.

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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 and a drink a rum (Daylight come and me wan’ go home) Stack banana ’til the 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 of ripe banana (Daylight come and me wan’ go home) Hide the deadly black tarantula (Daylight come and me wan’ go home)

Day! 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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Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. (born March 1, 1927) is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience 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 and was a vocal critic of the policies of the George W. Bush Administration. more »

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As anyone in a long-term relationship will tell you, commitment is the key to success. 

In sickness and in health, through times good and bad. All those sentiments that have inspired countless treacly love songs stuffed with idyllic and saccharine cliches.  

Katie Crutchfield has largely avoided that topic in the music she makes as Waxahatchee.  

Until recently, that is.

A stand-out on her new album, Tigers Blood, Right Back To It is a song Crutchfield describes as an ode to the "ebb and flow to a longtime love story". And it never once relies on the songwriting crutch of uttering those three small words.  

Instead, she sings about the comfort of having somebody dependable that can centre and steady you when you veer off course.  

"You just settle in/like a song with no end", Crutchfield sighs over gently ambling banjo and porch-side rock.   

We might fight, get jealous, or worry ourselves into lows but we can always reconnect to the rhythm of that special someone who makes us better versions of ourselves.

Released back in January and heralding the arrival of her sixth album Tigers Blood, Right Back to It is already being widely hailed as one of the year’s best songs.

Crutchfield vividly recalls coming up with the tune while on tour with fellow American singer-songwriters Sheryl Crow and Jason Isbell.

"I remember specifically telling [Isbell] the day I wrote 'Right Back To It,” she tells Double J's Tim Shiel.  

"I passed him walking and was like, 'I've got a hot hand, Jason. I'm writing some songs'. And he's like, 'Oh, that’s the best feeling'!"

She invokes the idea of being shuffled some luck, but truth is, Waxahatchee's built a winning deck in recent years.  

Much of her new record was written while touring Saint Cloud, the breakthrough 2020 album where she steered head-on into rootsy Americana.

Praised as one of the year's best records , it brought her unprecedented levels of attention and popularity, winning new audiences without shedding her stalwart fans.  

After joining up with Texan troubadour Jess Williamson for 2022 side project Plains (and their one-off album I Walked With You A Ways), Tigers Blood is the true follow-up to Saint Cloud.  

Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with its predecessor as Waxahatchee's finest work, Tigers Blood is rooted in similar themes and the same American South sound, where country-flavoured twang and magnetic melodies meet.  

You get a little boot-scootin', bar-band swagger and mild snarl in Bored; slide guitar and hazy harmonica bring a rustic edge to Burns Out At Midnight, while the closing title track rises from an unhurried strum to a sun-kissed group sing-along.  

Where did the name Tigers Blood even come from?

"It's a snow cone flavour: strawberry and coconut mixed together," Crutchfield explains.  

It came to her as an interesting way of rendering innocent childhood summers and — just as Saint Cloud was a way of conjuring small-town America — Tigers Blood stuck with her when it came time to title the album.  

"It's sort of innocuous… but those words together are evocative. It does sound sort of gritty and muscular almost but it's very innocent."

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That's the attitude Crutchfield took to making the album, returning to the same producer and studio location that spawned Saint Cloud.  

Namely, decamping to Sonic Ranch — a sprawling pecan farm near the Texas border — with producer Brad Cook, whose CV includes indie heroes Bon Iver, The War On Drugs and Australia's own Angie McMahon .  

"Everything worked so well with Saint Cloud," she remarks.

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Crutchfield and Cook assembled a crack, alt-country studio band "in five minutes", featuring Brad's multi-instrumentalist brother Phil Cook, drummer Spencer Tweedy (son of Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy ) and word-of-mouth rising star MJ Lenderman — a member of indie rock darlings Wednesday and solo artist behind 2022 sleeper hit Boat Songs.  

"He’s just so good, I love his music so much," says Crutchfield of Lenderman, who provides tasteful guitar and vocal harmonies on several album tracks, including his star turn duetting in 'Right Back to It'.  

"He just quietly steers his own ship," she adds — a neat wink to the image of Lenderman cruising a ferry down the bayou in the song's music video.  

"I feel like he's so tuned in with himself. He has a quiet confidence, and he should because he's really, really talented.

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Boasting magnetic melodies and warm, sauntering moods, Tigers Blood is the kind of record you can easily throw on for a BBQ gathering, or while relaxing on a Sunday morning. But it also rewards more intimate listening.  

Deeper investigation reveals deceptively poignant songs about slowing down, leaving the thrills of youth behind, and settling into life’s middle stretch.  

"There ain’t nothing to it, babe", goes the caution-to-the-wind refrain of Evil Spawn; "We can roll around in the disarray/In the final act of the good old days".  

Now 35 years old and settled down with her partner (musician and occasional collaborator Kevin Morby) Crutchfield sounds more comfortable in her own skin than ever.  

On paper, the idea of songs that embrace domesticity and stability sound boring.

In practice, Crutchfield's music and lyrics are far more satisfyingly complex, in a wholesome 'chicken soup for the soul' kind of way.  

Sure, anxiety and uncertainties don't just magically disappear with age, but wisdom means we’re better equipped to grapple with what might weigh us down.  

"My life's been mapped out to a tee/But I’m always a little lost" she confesses on the soaring, yearning Lone Star Lake before extending an appealing invitation and another beautiful chorus:  

"Whaddya say? You sleep all-day/ We drive out to the only lake in Kansas".

The sense of there being something more serious beneath its sweet exterior shines on the song 365.

Crutchfield harmonises with herself on a pop radio-friendly top-line melody, but delivers it in a gorgeously stripped back arrangement while sketching a moving tale of moving on from a co-dependent relationship with an addict.  

Keeping peace in a restless world and seeking value in embracing stability sometimes means cutting toxic elements out of your life.  

In Crutchfield's case, that meant cutting drink and drugs from her life. While Saint Cloud first telegraphed that decision, Tigers Blood examines what it's like maintaining that sobriety.  

In promoting the album, she's already spoken about wanting to dismantle the stereotype of the tortured artist, and that attitude has extended to her touring lifestyle.  

"Not to brag but I feel like, since I got sober, I'm a good tone setter on tour," she chuckles.  

"I have really healthy habits: working out, getting up early, going to bed early, I'm hydrating, I'm bringing all my wellness supplements for everyone to use."

She adds: "It's not a party tour. We have a tonne of fun but there's not drinking and drugs around. I try and do my thing and hope it rubs off on everybody and it always does. It's great."

In it for the long haul  

Born in Alabama and now based in Kansas City, Crutchfield has been playing music since her early teens.  

Between high school breaks, she and her twin sister, Allison, would head out on self-founded tours.  

They'd resist their country-music-loving upbringing both sonically and geographically, playing DIY emo and pop-punk in bands like PS Eliot and Bad Banana, building a cult following that'd take Katie from her hometown of Birmingham to Philadelphia and, later, Brooklyn and Long Island as she went solo as Waxahatchee. 

Saint Cloud marked a return to the Alabaman roots and Southern accent she'd neglected, and Tigers Blood further embraces that love of porch-side Americana.

There's a current trend of music's biggest names "going country" — from Beyoncé to Lana Del Rey and Post Malone — in a bid to branch out and capitalise on the genre's ever-burgeoning US market.  

Having pivoted somewhat in that direction herself, Waxahatchee recognises the creative impulse. 

"I think it's very contemporary to reinvent yourself. It calls your name, especially as your profile grows. I think often you don’t know what to do but pivot."

There was discussion of shifting gears again for Tigers Blood but "Brad and I were coming up blank with how we should proceed." Ultimately, she turned to her "biggest heroes" for guidance. 

"Tom Petty and Lucinda Williams: they never really reinvented themselves, they just focused on writing really great songs and did what they could to elevate them. But they didn't change up the sound that much.

"I don’t know what I'll do in the future but I'm in this era where I don't think I'm going to be focusing too much on reinventing, genre-wise.

"Im not going to put too much emphasis on aesthetics."

The music industry loves a gimmick — something that cuts through the noise and short memory, social media-fication of art. But that's not a game Crutchfield is comfortable playing. 

Tigers Blood is her sixth album in 12 years as Waxahatchee, and as she's always done, she's focusing on her life being the fuel for her craft. And she's planning to have plenty in the tank for decades to come.  

"It's just about writing great songs and just putting great musicians in the room together to make the best records we can."

Tigers Blood, this week’s Double J Feature Album, is out now. 

Hear Tim Shiel speak with Katie Crutchfield on Arvos on D ouble J  from 3pm Tuesday. 

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