Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and he wan&9 go home
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say
day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and he wan&9 go home

Work all night on a drink a&9rum
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)
Stack banana till thee morning come
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)

Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)

It&9s six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)

Day, he say day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day,
He say day, he say day
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)

A beautiful bunch a&9ripe banana
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)
Hide thee deadly black tarantula
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)

It&9s six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)

Day, he say day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day,
He say day, he say day
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)

Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)

Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say
day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan&9 go home)
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The tune, known formally as "The Banana Boat Song" and informally as "Day-o," was adapted by songwriter Irving Burgie from a Jamaican folk song after World War II.
it was the work song banana boat loaders sang to get them through a long night of hauling the fruit from trucks to boats.
The workers would materialize on the docks whenever the boats arrived. Men and women together would hoist the heavy banana stalks onto their heads and walk them to the ships ("Lift six-foot, seven-foot, eight-foot bunch"). At the end of the night, a banana counter, known as a "tally man," would figure out how much each worker would be paid. ("Come, Mr. Tally Man, tally me banana; daylight come and me wan&9 go home.")