Banana Boat Song ( Day – O ) trad:

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com
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Day – O   Day – O
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Day light come and I wanna go home
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 Day,     is a day,     is a day,        is a day ,       is a day ay ay - O, 
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Daylight come and I wanna go home

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Work all night on a drink of rum  ( daylight come and I wanna go home)
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Stack bananas till the morning come ( Day light come and I wanna go home)                                                                                       

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Come Mister Tally Man tally me bananas  ( daylight come and I wanna go home) 2
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Lift    6 hand,  7 hand, 8 hand bunch,     (daylight come and I wanna go home) 2

              CHORUS

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A beautiful bunch of ripe bananas   ( daylight come and I wanna go home)
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They hide the deadly black tarantula  (daylight come and I wanna go home)

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Clerk man checks but he checks with caution(daylight come and I wanna go home
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My back is broke with sheer exhaustion  ( daylight come and I wanna go home)

     CHORUS

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Day – O  Day ay ay – O   Daylight come and I wanna go home  (4 times)

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Lyrics courtesy www.sailorsongs.com