The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)

All: Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
All: Daylight come and he wanna go home
All: Day, he say day, he say day, he say day,
All: He say day, he say day-ay-ay-o
All: Daylight come and he wanna go home

Boys: Work all night on a drink a'rum
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home
Boys: Stack banana till thee morning come
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home

Boys: Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home
Boys: Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home

Boys: It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Bunch!
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home
Boys: Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Bunch!
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home

Boys: Day, he say day-ay-ay-o
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home
Boys: Day, he say day, he say day, he say day,
Boys: He say day, he say day
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home

Boys: A beautiful bunch a'ripe banana
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home
Boys: Hide thee deadly black tarantula
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home

Boys: It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Bunch!
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home
Boys: Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Bunch!
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home

Boys: Day, he say day-ay-ay-o
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home
Boys: Day, he say day, he say day, he say day,
Boys: He say day, he say day
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home

Boys: Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home
Boys: Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home

All: Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
All: Daylight come and he wanna go home
All: Day, he say day, he say day, he say day,
All: He say day, he say day-ay-ay-o
All: Daylight come and he wanna go hoooome

This is the songs section of ESL-Kids.

Choosing a song from the list below will bring up its lyrics in the box on the left.

• Animal fair
• Baa baa black sheep
• Baby bumblebee
• Bingo
• Brother John
• Did you ever see a lassie?
• Farmer in the dell
• Five little monkeys
• Good-bye song
• Here we go 'round the mulberry bush
• Head, shoulders, knees and toes
• Hey diddle diddle
• Hickory dickory dock
• Hokey pokey
• Hot cross buns
• Humpty Dumpty
• If you're happy and you know it
• I know a song (everyone's nerves)
• I'm a little teapot
• I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor
• Itsy bitsy spider
• Little Boy Blue
• Little Bo Peep
• Little white duck
• London Bridge is falling down
• Mary had a little lamb
• Muffin man
• Old MacDonald had a farm
• On top of spaghetti
• Peanut butter
• Pease porridge hot
• Pop! goes the weasel
• Six little ducks
• Take me out to the ball game
• Ten little indians
• The ants go marching
• The banana boat song (Day-o)
• The more we get together
• This little piggie
• This old man
• Three blind mice
• Twinkle, twinkle, little star
• Row, row, row your boat
• We'll all join in the circle
• Where is Thumbkin?
• Wheels on the bus