From: Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org
To: goanet@goanet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet]Tally my banana
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:26:52 +0530
Gabe Menezes wrote:.
I have heard authoritatively, that a banana boat via Jamaica
was the carrier.The song by Harry Belafonte; come Mister tally man,
tally me banana, was inspired by this Banana Man. Thought I'd clarify
for sake of clarity!
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"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" was a 1956 chart hit for Harlem-born Harold
George "Harry" Belafonte (1927- ). The singer, actor and composer also was
a civil rights activist, who spent part of his childhood in his mother's
native Jamaica. He performed in theater in the 1940s and '50s before
helping to launch a calypso music craze in the mid-1950s, and "Day-O" is
included. Belafonte wrote the music and lyrics with Lord Burgess and Bill
Attaway.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Belafonte on March 1, 1927 in Harlem,
New York, United States, is a Jamaican-American calypso musician and actor
who used his fame as an entertainer in the cause of human rights
.
He is perhaps best known for singing the "Banana Boat Song" with its
signature lyric "Day-O". His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the
first album to sell over 1 million copies. He was the first
African-American to win an Emmy, with his first solo TV special "tonight
with Belafonte".
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Lyrics:
Day-O, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come, and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come, and me wan' go home
Work all night, and a drink a rum
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Stack banana till thee morning come
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
It's 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-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Day, me say day, me say day
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
A beautiful bunch a ripe banana
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Hide the deadly black tarantula
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Day, me say day-ay-ay-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)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Come Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and me wan' go home
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Many parodies of this song exist, the most popular being those that use the
word "Mr. Taliban"
A-yo! Aaa-yo!
Air Force come, and they flatten your home.
Run, Mr. Taliban, we know where you're hidin'
Air Force come, and they flatten your home
Hey, USA, USA, USA, USA-o!
Uncle Sam come, and he flatten your home
Sixty-foot, seventy-foot, eighty-foot crater
Air Force come, and they flatten your home
Poor Uncle Sam's pissed, and he ain't no quitter
Air Force come, and they flatten your home
When we're finished, you'll all be cryin'!
Air Force come, and they flatten your home
Pilot is brother of New York fireman!
Air Force come, and they flatten your home.
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For more parodies please look up
http://septterror.tripod.com/dayo.html
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