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"The Banana Boat Song" likely originated around the beginning of the 20th century when the banana trade in Jamaica was growing. It was sung by Jamaican dockworkers, who typically worked at night to avoid the heat of the daytime sun. When daylight arrived, they expected their boss would arrive to tally the bananas so they could go home. [5]
I remember it as "Bic Banana markers for the office or home" 99.254.20.224 21:44, 2 November 2008 (UTC) I believe it was this: (from memory) Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana Bic Banana markers, you got to get some. Come in a one pack, eight pack, twenty pack ho! Bic Banana markers for the office or home. They, got a color for you!
The first track "Day-O (Banana Boat Song)" largely contributed to the success of the album and has long been Belafonte's signature song, the single reaching number five on Billboard's Pop chart. "Star-O", the sixth track on the album (and B side of the "Day-O" single), is essentially a shorter reprise of "Day-O", with slightly different lyrics.
"'The tallyman,' Mum told me, 'slice off the top of the stems of the bunches as they take them in. Then him count the little stubs he just sliced off and pay the farmer.'" explains a Ms. Wade in Andrea Levy’s novel "Fruit of the Lemon". [2] Harry Belafonte addresses the tallyman in "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)."
The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" is a 1968 pop song, which was the theme song for the children's television program The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. [1] Originally released by Decca Records on the album titled We're the Banana Splits , the single release peaked at No. 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 8, 1969, [ 2 ] and No ...
The Mr. T Experience recorded "Don't Go Away Go-Go Girl" for the 1993 Banana Splits tribute album Banana Pad Riot on the Skull Duggery Label. Mr. Mr. T Experience also included "Don't Go Away Go-Go Girl" as a bonus track on their 1997 Lookout Records re-issue of the 1989 release Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood and as a hidden track on the Our ...
Vice President Harris, former President Trump, and other politicians have been the subject of viral memes during the election cycle, with highlights including "Brat summer," "childless cat ladies ...
The Banana Splits was syndicated in 1970 to local stations, reformatted as a half-hour show under the title The Banana Splits and Friends Show. The Banana Splits formed a framework for episodes from three of Hanna-Barbera's animated series ( The Atom Ant Show , The Secret Squirrel Show , and The Adventures of Gulliver ) and the live-action The ...