I’ve heard this same story many times, but, in my Dad’s version its him and his Grandfather having brought bananas grown on the farm to be counted. If you’ve watched the link to the Muppets segment above you will know that this song is about the dock workers calling to the Tally Man to count their Bananas because its the end of the night and they want to go home. (Daylight come and we want go home) Come Mister tally man, tally me banana Jamaican-American singer Harry Belafonte recorded a version of the song in 1956, becoming the most popular version and reaching number 5 on the Billboard charts in 1957 (shown below).
This week I was coming home from dinner with my non-biological-twin at The Real Jerk in Toronto, my iPod served up the “Banana Boat Song” and just as I was launching into a story, Kat said “this is a great story (which I’ve now heard at least three times – but I learned a lot the FIRST time) you should add this to the blog”. 1 Banana Boat and Other Famous Folk Songs The Collection Golden Records, Vol.Banana Tree on the Farm where My Dad grew up in Christiana Bottom - Photo Credit: Joyce Arscott So Chiquita came out with the Carmen Miranda based woman with a bowl of fruit on her head singing happily and bring you beautiful fresh fruit!ĭay-O & Other Hits Legendary Performer Calypso An Evening with Harry Belafonte & Friends 24 X Harry Belefonte All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. This is NOT a "happy worker" song, it was a protest of the working conditions of the Chiquita Banana Plantations! So when you go to the grocery store and buy a "bunch" of banana's you are typically buying only one sixth or one eighth of 2 haan's of banana's because they always pull the blossom apart into manageable and box-able bunches that are only 2 haan's each (because a single haan would not hold together as a bunch and a bunch with 3 haan would be unmanageable and would not colour out well for the middle haan as banana's are picked green and ripen on the boat coming to you.)Īlso this song is about the banana pickers and how they were used, abused, and treated like slaves. (In North America people grow them as "Elephant Ear Plants" because they never bloom!)
The fruit people eat is the blossom of a tropical flowering plant. Banana's grow in the "up" position not hanging down. Find Funny GIFs, Cute GIFs, Reaction GIFs and more. A "Haan" is and actual count of the layers of the banana's in the blossom. The Muppet Show (1976) - S03E14 Harry Belafonte clip with quote Come, mister tally man tally me banana Yarn is the best search for video clips by. Explore and share the best Come Mister Tally Man GIFs and most popular animated GIFs here on GIPHY. The term is "Haan" not "hand" a "hand" is a measurement used for the height of a horse at the shoulders. Mister tally man, tally me banana F C7 F Daylight come and me wan go home F C7 Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana F C7 F Daylight come and me wan. General CommentThis version has at least closest to the right word for the measure of the banana's! Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
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