The Tarriers' version of this song is nice, but the version everybody knows and loves is the one by Harry Belafonte, which is quite different from the earlier song.
DAY-O (BANANA BOAT SONG) (as sung by Harry Belafonte)
CHORUS Day-o, day-o Daylight come and me 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... Come Mister tally man, tally me banana...
Lift six hand, seven hand, eight hand bunch... Six hand, seven hand, eight hand bunch...
A beautiful bunch of ripe banana.... Hide the deadly black tarantula....