"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song. The song has mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known calypso music.
It is a call and response work song, from the point of view of dock... Wikipedia
Featured in film: Beetlejuice
Lyricist: Irving Louis Burgie
Composers: William Attaway, Alan Arkin, Erik Darling, and more
Genre: Mento; calypso; exotica;
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