Harry Belafonte- Day-o Lyrics Video -

Belafonte, a passionate civil rights activist, viewed the song as a "song about struggle, about black people in a colonized life doing the most grueling work".

: References to "hidey deadly black tarantula" were literal warnings about venomous spiders often found in the banana bunches. Cultural Significance

: The "Mister Tally Man" was a real figure who inventoried the load; workers could only leave once he had finished counting their tally.