Songwriter: Harry Belafonte Lord Burgess William Attaway
Producer: Vangelis
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and he wan? Go home
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and he wan? Go home
Work all night on a drink a? Rum
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Stack banana till thee morning come
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
It? S six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch!
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch!
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Day, he say day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day
He say day, he say day
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
A beautiful bunch a? Ripe banana
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Hide thee deadly black tarantula
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
It? S six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch!
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day
He say day, he say day
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say
Day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Daylight come and he wan? Go home
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and he wan? Go home
Work all night on a drink a? Rum
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Stack banana till thee morning come
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
It? S six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch!
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch!
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Day, he say day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day
He say day, he say day
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
A beautiful bunch a? Ripe banana
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Hide thee deadly black tarantula
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
It? S six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch!
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day
He say day, he say day
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say
Day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan? Go home)
more tracks from the album
From the album
- The Demis Roussos Magic (1977)
Demis Roussos popular songs
- The Promise
- Mourir auprès de mon amour (Because)
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- As Time Goes By
- Stormy Weather
- Mourir auprès de mon amour
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- Stand by Me
- I Almost Lost My Mind
- I Dig You
- Race to the End
- Morir al lado de mi amor
- Marie Jolie
- Love Me Tender
- My Face in the Rain
- Song for You
- Let It Happen
- Day-O
- Time and Tide
- Maybe Forever
- Margarita
- Sister Emilyne
- Before the Storm
- The Great Pretender