"Day-O" also known as "The Banana Boat Song" is a 1956 traditional Jamaican folk song by Harry Belafonte from his album Calypso. It is a call and response work song, and narrates the perspective of dock workers working through the night-shift. The song was later used in the 1988 film Beetlejuice. Though not villainous in its original context, the 1998 film, or the ongoing stage musical adaptation, the song has become heavily associated with the titular villain, later being performed by him in spinoffs and crossovers.
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Day-o, day-o
Daylight come and we want go home
Day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a day-o
Daylight come and we want go home
Work all night on a drink of rum
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Stack banana 'til the morning come
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Come Mister tally man, tally me banana
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Come Mister tally man, tally me banana
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Day, is a day-o
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a day-o
(Daylight come and we want go home)
A beautiful bunch of ripe banana
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Hide the deadly black tarantula
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Day, is a day-o
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a day-o
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Come Mister tally man, tally me banana
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Come Mister tally man, tally me banana
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Day-o, day-o
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a day-o
(Daylight come and we want go home)
Other Appearances[]
- The song was featured on the following albums:
- Calypso
- Very Best of Harry Belefonte
- The Essential Harry Belefonte
- Greatest Hits
- Sing Your Song: The Music
- The Legacy of Harry Belefonte: Colors Come Together
- Belefonte at Carnegie Hall: The Complete Concert (Live)
- Beetlejuice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- The song was performed by Beetlejuice and Lydia in several episodes of the 1989-1991 animated television series Beetlejuice.
- The song appeared in the original version of the defunct "Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue" stage show at Universal Studios parks.
- The song is featured in the same context as the 1998 film in the ongoing stage musical adaptation.
- The song is featured in the season six episode "The Ghost With the Most" of the ongoing DC animated television series Teen Titans Go!, performed by Beetlejuice and the Teen Titans.
- The song was performed by Alfie Davis & The Sylvia Young Theatre School Choir in the 2024 sequel of the film, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and was featured in trailers and their soundtrack album, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
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