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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 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''
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 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''
| casey1024 (Here and Now) | Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 07:15 Elroweho wrote: Love the song, but everytime I hear it I can't help but think of the scene it was used in in "Beetlejuice" See below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdarzAOvLXM I want to flash mob my daughter's wedding rehearsal dinner with this song/the beetlejuice dinner scene. Does that make me a bad mom? |
| amprich (Oregon) | Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 07:14 Best performer that I've ever seen in concert!!!!--Harry has amazing stage juju!...a real rare gem here on Planet Earth... |
| bb_matt (Hampshire, England) | Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 07:13 Oh my, what an odd song this is, going right back to my childhood. For some reason, being British, I put this in the same head space as 'The goons', which is entirely wrong of course. |
| Stephenater (Marin County, CA) | Posted: Feb 26, 2013 - 17:56 My first and favorite memory of the Banana Boat Song is Harry singing it on the Flip Wilson Show. |
| asilbuch (NoVA) | Posted: Jan 26, 2013 - 10:20 My parents loved Harry Belafonte and played this song frequently. Fond memories of me and my brother dancing around with my Dad's bongos and castanets! |
| kayakingclark (Alghero, Sardinia, Italia) | Posted: Dec 26, 2012 - 02:10 Yes mon. |
| ozzie1313 | Posted: Nov 24, 2012 - 17:35 Wonderful from an American icon. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 09:22 If you ever feel like making a banana theme set including this song, you should also include this one: Tally Hall - Banana Man. :) |
| TJS (Bradley, Il) | Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 09:22 wlpendley wrote: Love this song, love Toots and the Maytals. Not so fond of Clapton's guitar in this version... ?? I think you commented on the wrong song perhaps? |
| Dahlia_Gumbo (San Francisco) | Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 09:21 Great! Thank you for playing this one. Takes me somewhere, not sure just where, but back in time. |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 09:19 TerryS wrote: The first of many songs Harry strip mined from the Caribbean. "Strip mined"?!? |
| amprich (Oregon) | Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 09:19 nuthin like a bit o' Harry to get your hips swinging in the morning!...no matter how old they are! HA! |
| wlpendley (New Mexico) | Posted: Sep 22, 2012 - 20:53 Love this song, love Toots and the Maytals. Not so fond of Clapton's guitar in this version... |
| Sturff (Moscow, Idaho) | Posted: Sep 22, 2012 - 20:41 Though I it is all about paradise segue, i.e. Beck's tropicalia. Sturff wrote: It does fit into the whole beetle-juice movie feeling. Coooool! |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Sep 22, 2012 - 20:40 The first of many songs Harry strip mined from the Caribbean. |
| Sturff (Moscow, Idaho) | Posted: Sep 22, 2012 - 20:39 It does fit into the whole beetle-juice movie feeling. Coooool! |
| OmegaConcern (Sunrise, FL) | Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 08:51 I just logged in to see how many people immediately thought of Beetlejuice. |
| bellhog (38 miles from the middle of nowhere) | Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 08:50 Proclivities wrote: We used to sing this song in elementary school music class - our music teacher loved calypso music, but apparently, Tim Burton's film was the first-ever exposure to this tune for a lot of folks. I think my first exposure to this tune was the Muppet Show. |
| chelsiaann (Helena, Montucky) | Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 08:48 Surprising to hear, but that's also what I love about RP. Variety across generations. Even if, like others, all I can think of is Beetlejuice. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 11:18 Elroweho wrote: Love the song, but everytime I hear it I can't help but think of the scene it was used in in "Beetlejuice" See below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdarzAOvLXM We used to sing this song in elementary school music class - our music teacher loved calypso music, but apparently, Tim Burton's film was the first-ever exposure to this tune for a lot of folks. |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 11:12 planet_lizard wrote: Cool! Following the discussion there, the creator of the original said he'd post a cleaner version of it. He hasn't found the original negs yet but in the meantime, here's a clip made from a VHS of the original. |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 11:09  |
| milleronic | Posted: May 19, 2012 - 16:21 This song makes me want to watch Beetlejuice! |
| Kokoloco53 (Southeastern Arizona) | Posted: May 19, 2012 - 16:18 Only on RP can you possibly hear music from so many spectrums. Nice. |
| annie_fannie (Iowa) | Posted: May 19, 2012 - 16:16 BEETLEJUICE! |
| vluvlu (Virginia Beach, VA) | Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 11:58 Very random. But I love it. |
| Elroweho (Cheesehead in Paradise) | Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 11:54 Love the song, but everytime I hear it I can't help but think of the scene it was used in in "Beetlejuice" See below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdarzAOvLXM |
| Woladorsky | Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 17:27 Alucinante!! |
| ofanansky | Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 23:03 the version he did of this song on the Muppet Show was great http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=muppet+show+harry+belafonte+banana+boat+song&oq=muppet+show+harry+belafonte+banana+boat+song&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=322l9281l0l9607l46l41l1l28l28l1l436l1712l0.1.3.0.2l6l0 |
| jools (Brighton UK) | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 05:55 edbollix wrote: This is a sad morning for me and I knew I needed something special... this was it. Thank you! Oh - sorry to hear that..music is good for the soul in so many ways.. |
| window (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 05:55 linzie wrote: Wow, I was beaten to it!...Tell me Michael Keaton wasn't great in Beetlejuice!!!! Can't do it. He was terrific. Keaton is an underrated actor! |
| edbollix (Royal Oak, Mi US) | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 05:54 This is a sad morning for me and I knew I needed something special... this was it. Thank you! |
| jools (Brighton UK) | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 05:54 This is a really quite a beautiful song, but often pariodied...sad really when you think about its origins. |
| Cynaera (In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.) | Posted: Oct 10, 2011 - 16:51 I had to bump this from 8 to 10 because of the events of the last half hour. My brother and I were arguing about recycling, and he tried to stomp off in a rage, and then this song came on. I yelled at him to come back, I turned this song up, and all those layers of hostility and defensiveness just dropped away. Any song that can de-fuse a potential war is a 10 in my book. God love ya, Mr. Belafonte. |
| serendipity_blue (The Twilight Zone) | Posted: Sep 09, 2011 - 05:43   |
| planet_lizard (Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy) | Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 11:58 Brilliant. But surely this version is brillianter... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PBO7YE7vjE |
| KevinM (Long Beach, Ca) | Posted: Jun 06, 2011 - 20:28 The Day-Oh part gets a 1 because it reminds me of the gawd damn fuckin' 'Yankees. The rest of the song makes up for it 8 |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: May 06, 2011 - 06:32 Zep wrote: "Now batting, number 8, the shortstop, Derek Jeter!" ...um, his uniform number is "2", but you probably knew that. Great tune. |
| ccwcool (O-HI-O) | Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 14:46 Personally, this song is one of those tunes that I wish were never written.  |
| AndyJ (Oregon) | Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 14:45 Great Song-! Thank You.... Longtime favorite from my childhood.... PLUS Harry Belafonte was on The Muppet Show in the 80's...they did this song...it was the BEST visualization... Please play more often... Thanks again... RP adds a another smile to the day-! |
| Cannon (San Diego) | Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 14:45 Aegean wrote: Strewn across the vast landscape of my musical memory lie gems like this one, uncatalogued and therefore not readily retrievable (in other words, I have forgotten how much I like them!) Fortunately we have a pro on the job (Bill), pulling these out of his hat now and then, along with many cross-cultural jewels I would otherwise not even know about. Thanks, Bill!  Very well put...thanks Bill. |
| stalfnzo (Somewhere... out there) | Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 14:44 My wife just said, "Not my favorite Belafonte, but you can't help but think of..." I was already dancing like Winona. I knew what she meant |
| wenatchee (Duvall, WA) | Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 14:44 Should have been the opening tune for Dr. No - considering things as they developed in the movie ;-) |
| Aegean (Earth) | Posted: Dec 31, 2010 - 12:47 Strewn across the vast landscape of my musical memory lie gems like this one, uncatalogued and therefore not readily retrievable (in other words, I have forgotten how much I like them!) Fortunately we have a pro on the job (Bill), pulling these out of his hat now and then, along with many cross-cultural jewels I would otherwise not even know about. Thanks, Bill! |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Dec 31, 2010 - 12:35 fitzworld wrote: Great song!! Belafonte's "Live at Carnegie Hall" alburm that includes this song is crazy good! My parents used to have this and I would throw it on the Grundig and spinning it a lot. Back in 1964 I think. Years later saw the Kinks in LA and Ray woudl scream out Dayoh all show and people would yell back. It is infectious. |
| kilroyjoe3 (Farmington, NM) | Posted: Nov 29, 2010 - 20:35 I scrolled down just to see if there were Beatlejuice references. Yup. Not dissapointed! Classic |
| Rooney (Near Paradise) | Posted: Sep 27, 2010 - 16:09 Slarti wrote: Did you guys in the US get the stop motion short to the Stan Freeburg version with the Dylan Rabbit as the bongo player and a sort of Speedy Gonzales mouse as the TOO LOUD singer? Still cracks me up hearing this song 'cause that is what I see - like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyn4KJzbL3c Though the original was in clay-mation and a lot older than that as those Blue Peter presenters are long after I went to work.  Yeah, I remember Stan. I used to play it on my show when I was a "50's" DJ at a local radio station. |
| Synth80s (*Beautiful* Southern California (cough, choke, honk)) | Posted: Sep 27, 2010 - 12:37 Iconic and timeless |
| kurtster (portable) | Posted: Sep 27, 2010 - 12:28 La, la, la, la, Lo - la ... |
| pcarew (Austin, Tx (orig. Canterbury UK)) | Posted: Sep 27, 2010 - 12:27 HB and the Muppets! |