
Writer(s): ATTAWAY WILLIAM A, BURGIE IRVINGLyrics powered by www.musixmatch. 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 till the 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. DESCRIPTION: Work song about loading bananas refrain: Daylight come and me want go home or Day the light and me want go home. American composer Samuel F Smith would meanwhile recycle the tune into “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” in 1832.Ī rousing, uncomplicated patriotic ode throughout the Victorian era and during the World Wars, in more recent decades the anthem has attracted plenty of detractors, not least the Sex Pistols, whose own dirge of the same name was released to coincide with Elizabeth II’s silver jubilee celebrations in 1977 and notoriously rhymed “Queen” with “fascist regime”.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 Work all night on a drink of rum (Daylight come and me wan' go home) Stack banana till the mornin' come Come, Mister Tally Man, tally me banana (Daylight come and me wan' go home) Come, Mister Tally Man, tally me banana Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch (Daylight come and me wan' go home) Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch 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 A beautiful bunch o' ripe banana (Daylight come and me wan' go home) Hide the deadly black tarantula Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch (Daylight come and me wan' go home) Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch 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 Come, Mister Tally Man, tally me banana (Daylight come and me wan' go home) Come, Mister Tally Man, tally me banana 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) Feel sure this is where Freddie Mercury got the idea from to go head to head with his audience. Daylight come and me wan go home Work all night on a drink of rum Come, Mister tally man, tally me. Lyrics Refrain C F C Day-o, day-o G7 C Daylight come me wanna go home F Dm G Day, me say day, me say day, me say day F C Me say day, me say day-o G7 C Daylight come me wanna go home Verse C G7 Work all night on a drink of rum C G7 C Daylight come me wanna go home C G7 Stack banana till de morning come C G7 Daylight come me wanna go home C G7 Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana C G7 C. Harry Belafonte - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) Lyrics.


the Holy Bible say Marys boy child, Jesus Christ Was born on Christmas Day. 123 Tibbie, I Hae Seen the Day O why should fate sic pleasure have Life's dearest bands untwining Or why sae sweet a flower as love Depend on Fortune's. Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) - lyrics Day-o, day-o. To Him Who merits all my love Let cheerful anthems fill His house, While to that sacred shrine I move. “God Save the King” subsequently spread overseas throughout the late 18th century, with Ludwig van Beethoven producing seven piano variations of it, Joseph Haydn taking inspiration for Austria’s own “Gott Erhalte Franz den Kaiser” and everyone from Franz Liszt and Johann Strauss to Gioachino Rossini and Claude Debussy going on to quote from it in their works. A week o ' dryin ' wind and sun, And out the vera weans maun run, A ' dancin ' daft tae get begun And dae their parts, Tae hae a day o ' glorious fun. O let me, tho Songs to Mary, Holy Mother of God -Top 20 Marian Hymns and. Happy day, happy day, When Jesus washed my sins away O happy bond, that seals my vows. Intro Day come, and me wan' go home Day, me say day-ay-ay-o Daylight come, and then they wan’ go home Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o Day come, and me. Belafonte Embraced His Island Heritage The Banana Boat Song was Originally a Jamaican Work Song The Song was Recorded by Others Before Belafonte The Lyrics. By 1746, the anthem was quickly becoming a popular favourite in London’s Theatres Royal at Drury Lane and Covent Garden as George Frideric Handel adopted it for inclusion in his Occasional Oratorio, concerning the recent Jacobite Rebellion. Become A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons 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.
