Banana Boat

1. ||:Come, Missa Tallyman, tally me banana,
Day, dah-light break, me wanna go home.:||

Refrain:
||:Day! Oho Day! Oho Day! Oho Day!
Oho Day! Oh Day! Day, dah-light,
Day, dah-light break, me wanna go home.:||

2.||: Have six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch.
Day, dah-light break, me wanna go home.:||
Refrain . . .

3. A clerk man a check but him check with caution.
Day, dah-light break, me wanna go home.
My back just broke with bare exhaustion.
Day, dah-light break, me wanna go home.
Refrain . . .

This is a song of Harry Belafonte with traditional music.The text was slightly changed to fit into the new form.