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"'''Day-O (aka The Banana Boat Song)'''" is a traditional Jamaican mento folk song from the [[You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (album)|''You Make Me Feel Like Dancing'' album]] and [[You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (video)|video]].

==Lyrics==
===English (original)===
<poem>
Day, he say day-o
Daylight come and he wanna go home
Day, he say day-o
Daylight come and he wanna go home
Let's go bananas

Work all night till the morning come
Daylight come and he wanna go home
Stack banana till the morning come
Daylight come and he wanna go home

Come, mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and he wanna go home
Come, mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and he wanna go home

It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
Daylight come and he wanna go home
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
Daylight come and he wanna go home

Day, he say day-o
Daylight come and he wanna go home
Day, he say day-o
Daylight come and he wanna go home

A beautiful bunch of ripe banana
Daylight come and he wanna go home
Hide the deadly black tarantula
Daylight come and he wanna go home

It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
Daylight come and he wanna go home
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
Daylight come and he wanna go home

Day, he say day-o
Daylight come and he wanna go home
Day, he say day-o
Daylight come and he wanna go home

Come, mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and he wanna go home
Come, mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and he wanna go home

Day, he say day-o
Daylight come and he wanna go home
Day, he say day-o
Daylight come and he wanna go home
</poem>
===Latin Spanish<ref>https://archive.org/details/wiggle-y-aprende-el-dia-asoma-espanol-latino-hd</ref>===
<poem>
Hey, dice hey-o
El día asoma y a casa yo voy
Hey, dice hey-o
El día asoma y a casa yo voy
Traigo bananas!

Termine y de mañana es
El día asoma y a casa yo voy
Hay bananas en mi barco hoy
El día asoma y a casa yo voy

Ay, señor contador, cuente las bananas
El día asoma y a casa yo voy
Ay, señor contador, cuente las bananas
El día asoma y a casa yo voy

Hay seis, hay siete, hay ocho y mas!
El día asoma y a casa yo voy
Hay seis, hay siete, hay ocho y mas!
El día asoma y a casa yo voy

Hey, dice hey-o
El día asoma y a casa yo voy
Hey, dice hey-o
El día asoma y a casa yo voy

En un bello racimo de ricas bananas
El día asoma y a casa yo voy
Hay una negra y fea araña (AH!)
El día asoma y a casa yo voy

Hay seis, hay siete, hay ocho y mas!
El día asoma y a casa yo voy
Hay seis, hay siete, hay ocho y mas!
El día asoma y a casa yo voy

Hey, dice hey-o
El día asoma y a casa yo voy
Hey, dice hey-o
El día asoma y a casa yo voy

Ay, señor contador, cuente las bananas
El día asoma y a casa yo voy
Ay, señor contador, cuente las bananas
El día asoma y a casa yo voy

Hey, dice hey-o
El día asoma y a casa yo voy
Hey, dice hey-o
El día asoma y a casa yo voy
</poem>

==Song Credits==
<poem>
Words and Music by [[Irving Burgie]] and [[William Attaway]]
Copyright © 1955 Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc. ([[ASCAP]])/[[Lord Burgess Music Publishing Company]] (ASCAP)/Dimensional Music of 1091 (ASCAP)/Lord Burgess Music Publishing Company administered by Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc. (ASCAP) All Rights<br />Reserved. Used by Permission. Licensed courtesy of 
[[Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.|Universal Music Pty. Limited]]/Licensed courtesy of S1 Songs
</poem>

==Performances==
===Video Performance===
*[[You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (video)|You Make Me Feel Like Dancing]]

===Album Performance===
*[[You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (album)|You Make Me Feel Like Dancing]]

===Episode Appearances===
====Wiggle and Learn====
=====11-minute versions=====
*[[Let's Get the Rhythm]]
*[[The Banana Boat]]
*[[Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear (episode)|Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear]]
*[[Allo, Allo, Allo!]]

=====22-minute versions=====
*[[Wiggle Dance]]
*[[So Early in the Morning]]
*[[Teddy Bear Touch the Ground]]
*[[Kittens and Mittens]]
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