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by Harry Belafonte
- Banana Boat SongΒ 1/5 – Chords pictured are for Tenor Uke


[C] Day-o, [G] day-o. Β [C] Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home.
[C] Day, me say day, me say day, me say [G] day.
[C] Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home.
Well . . . . [C] Work all night on a drink of rum.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home.Β [C]
Stack banana ’til de mornin’ come.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go [C] home [C]
[C] Come, mister tally man, tally me banana.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home. Β [C]
Come, mister tally man, tally me banana.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go [C] home.
[C] Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home.
[C]Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go [C] home.
[C] Day-o, [G] day-o. Β [C] Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home.
[C] Day, me say day, me say day, me say [G] day.
[C] Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home. [C]
A beautiful bunch o’ ripe banana.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home.
[C] Hide the deadly black tarantula.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go [C] home.
[C] Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go home.
[C] Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch.
Daylight come and me [G] wan’ go [C] 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.Β Β Day, me say day-o.
Daylight come and me wan’ go home Β (slowing near end of song)