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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)