I watched Beetlejuice and many other Tim Burton movies last month, so naturally the songs featured in the movies are stuck in my head. Today my head sings for the "Tally Man" to "tally me banana". What I didn't know is Belafonte didn't write this song. It is a cover of a Jamaican folk song. It is actually, "a 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."
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Click here for more info on Harry Belafonte – "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)".
The MP3 may be purchased here… Harry Belafonte - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
