Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat Song album flac

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song. 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. The lyrics describe how daylight has come, their shift is over, and they want their work to be counted up so that they can go home.

Album: Calypso (1956). Charted: 2 5. Get the Sheet Music License This Song. songfacts ®. Artistfacts ®. Lyrics. This is a traditional Jamaican song that was sung by dock workers who worked throughout the night loading bananas onto ships. It's daylight, and they look forward to the arrival of the Tallyman (who will take inventory) so they can go home. This song was first recorded in 1952 by Edric Conner, a musician from Trinidad who sang it with his band The Carribeans as "Day De Light. The song re-emerged in 1956 when the folk singer Bob Gibson taught the song to the folk trio The Tarriers after hearing it on a trip to Jamaica. Alan Arkin, who went on to fame as an actor, was a member of The Tarriers.

Titel: Banana Boat Song (Day-O) Artist: Harry Belafonte Album: Das goldene Schlagerarchiv 1958 Orig. F Capo: 2. Day-o, day-o Daylight come and me wan' go home Day, me say day, me say day, me say day Me say day, me say day-o Daylight come and me wan' go home. Work all night on a drink of rum E B7 E Daylight come and me wan' go home. Stack banana till de mornin' come E B7 E Daylight come and me wan' go home

Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat Song (Day-O). Download MP3. Harry Belafonte.

A three-disc box set, this anthology might be too much material for the casual Harry Belafonte fan, although there are some wonderful rare recordings included here for the collectors. The first disc is essentially a greatest-hits sequence, including his most famous Caribbean-based songs like "Banana Boat Song (Day-O)" and "Jump in the Line

Harry Belafonte: Man Smart (Woman Smarter). The Banana Boat Song. Where Have All the Flowers Gone. The Banana Boat Song (оригинал Harry Belafonte). Песня про банановую лодку (перевод Алекс).