Day-o, day-o / Daylight come and me wan’ go home / Day, me say day, me say day, me say day / Me say day, me say day-o / Daylight come and me wan’ go home

Work all night on a drink of rum / Daylight come and me wan’ go home / Stack banana till de morning come / Daylight come and me wan’ go home

Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana / Daylight come and me wan’ go home / Me say come, Mister tally man, tally me banana / Daylight come and me wan’ go home

Lift six, and seven, and eight, and bunch / Daylight come and me wan’ go home / Me say six, and seven, and eight, and bunch / Daylight come and me wan’ go home

Day, me say day-o / Daylight come and me wan’ go home / Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day / Daylight come and me wan’ go home

A beautiful bunch o’ ripe banana / Daylight come and me wan’ go home / Hide the deadly black tarantula / Daylight come and me wan’ go home

Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana / Daylight come and me wan’ go home / Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana / Daylight come and me wan’ go home

Day, me say day-o / Daylight come and me wan’ go home / Oh, day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day / Daylight come and me wan’ go home

Lift six, and seven, and eight, and bunch / Daylight come and me wan’ go home / Oh, lift six, and seven, and eight, and bunch / Daylight come and me wan’ go home

Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana / Daylight come and me wan’ go home / Me say come, Mister tally man, tally me banana / Daylight come and me wan’ go home

Day-o, day-o / Daylight come and me wan’ go home / Day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day-o / Daylight come and me wan’ go home

[Traditional Jamaican work song, arranged by Harry Belafonte – William Attaway – Lord Burgess © Rca Victor, 1956]