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Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)

Traditional Vintage Pop Song

Originally Performed by Harry Belafonte

"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song; the best-known version was released by American singer Harry Belafonte in 1956 and later became one of his signature songs. That same year The Tarriers released an alternative version that incorporated the chorus of another Jamaican folk song, "Hill and Gully Rider". The Tarriers version was later recorded by Shirley Bassey.

The song has mento influences, but "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" was commonly classified as an example of the better known calypso music. It is a work song, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto ships. Daylight has come, the shift is over, and they want their work to be counted up so that they can go home.

Release Date: 1956

Songbooks, Arrangements and/or Media

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Various Arrangers : Sing In The Barbershop Quartet - Rock In Harmony

These great collections let men sing four-part a cappella harmony with a professionally recorded barbershop quartet. The books include TTBB parts and the CDs feature full performances. Just turn on the CD, open the book, pick your part, and sing along!

Songlist: Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight, Happy Together, Hello Mary Lou, In My Room, The Longest Time, Silhouettes, Under the Boardwalk

Eddie Perfect : Beetlejuice

This matching folio to the 2019 Broadway musical based in the 1988 film of the same name features 15 vocal arrangements with piano accompaniment. Songs include: Barbara 2.0 - Creepy Old Guy - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) - Dead Mom - Fright of Their Lives - Girl Scout - Home - Jump in the Line - No Reason - Prologue: Invisible - Ready, Set, Not Yet - Say My Name - That Beautiful Sound - What I Know Now - The Whole Being Dead Thing.

Songlist: Home, Say My Name, Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Jump In The Line, Dead Mom, Barbara 2.0, Creepy Old Guy, Fright Of Their Lives, Girl Scout, No Reason, Prologue: Invisible, Ready, Set, Not Yet, That Beautiful Sound, The Whole 'Being Dead' Thing, What I Know Now

Various : Great Songs of Folk Music

Nearly 50 of the most popular folk songs of our time, including: Blowin' in the Wind - The House of the Rising Sun - I Ain't Marching Anymore - If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) - Jamaica Farewell - Kum Ba Yah - Man of Constant Sorrow - Puff the Magic Dragon - Scarborough Fair/Canticle - Sunshine on My Shoulders - This Land Is Your Land - Time in a Bottle - The Times They Are A-Changin' - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) - The Unicorn - Where Have All the Flowers Gone? - and more.

Songlist: Follow Me, Kum Ba Yah, Guantanamera, Sloop John B, Tom Dooley, We Shall Overcome, All My Trials, Catch The Wind, Water Is Wide, Turn Around, I Ain't Marching Anymore, Man Of Constant Sorrow, Michael Row The Boat Ashore, The House Of The Rising Sun, Blowin' In The Wind, Bottle Of Wine, Lemon Tree, Scarborough Fair/Canticle, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine, A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow, Suzanne, Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, Dona Dona, Wild Mountain Thyme, Five Hundred Miles, Greenfields, Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season), The Universal Soldier, I'll Never Find Another You, and more

Individual Folios

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Alan Billingsley : Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)

Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of this Irving Burgie classic with this fun-to-sing arrangement. Percussion or the great recorded ShowTrax CD will complete the presentation.Available separately: SATB, SAB, 2-Part and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 3:45.

Arranger: Alan Billingsley Performed By: Harry Belafonte | Country: Caribbean