The Banana Boat Song by The Tarriers (Jamaican dock workers' song, MP3)

'The Banana Boat Song' by The Tarriers, an American vocal group, immediately became a hit when it was released in 1956. An adaptation of Harry Belafonte's 'Banana Boat' (Day-o), the song was written by Alan Arkin, Bob Carey and Erik Darling. This is a Marine Café Blog remaster of the original 78rpm recording published in the Internet Archive. (4.4 MiB, MP3, 2:58 minutes)

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