"THE BANANA BOAT SONG" (Shirley Bassey). Shellac gramophone record 78rpm.

Shirley Bassey with Wally Stott and his Orchestra and Chorus on "THE BANANA BOAT SONG" (Darling- Carey-Arkin).
You can also listen to the record in MP3 format, slightly filtered from my computerized Hi-Fi system: http://tinyurl.com/bxo22b
Here the shellac record 78 rpm plaed by soft-tone needle, on TELEFUNKEN LIDO portable gramophone from 1953.
A REALLY EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS CLASSIC 1957 UK HIT BY SHIRLEY BASSEY ON A UK PHILIPS 78.
ENTERED THE UK CHARTS - 15/02/1957 HIGHEST CHART POSITION #6 - 10 weeks on chart.

Day-o, day-o, day de light and I wanna go home
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I wanna go home

He says loading the banana boats all night long (all night long)
Day de light and I wanna go home
Hey all the workmen sing this song (sing this song)
Day de light and I wanna go home
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I wanna go home
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I wanna go home

Hill and gully rider, hill and gully
Hill and gully rider, hill and gully

Sleep by sun and I work by moon (work by moon)
Day de light and I wanna go home
When I get some money gonna quit so soon (quit so soon)
Day de light and I wanna go home
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I wanna go home
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I wanna go home

Hill and gully rider, hill and gully
Hill and gully rider, hill and gully

Pack up all my things and I'll go to sea (go to sea)
Day de light and I wanna go home
Then bananas'll see the last of me (last of me)
Day de light and I wanna go home

Oh oh oh oh
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I wanna go home
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I wanna go home

Day-o, day-o, (Hill and gully rider, hill and gully)
Day de light and I wanna go home

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Shirley
• Bassey
• BANANA
• BOAT
• SONG
• gramophone
• TELEFUNKEN
• LIDO
• Shellac
• phonograph
• grammophon
• 78rpm

[Paul480]

Nice one, that's two of us with the same 'disc'. Check mine out on my Dansette. Thanks

[sv2bbo]

Yes Paul, I have seen. Very nice job with rich sound.

[ayokay123]

Is that an original record player??? If so, WHOAH!!!

[sv2bbo]

Yes it is!

[meyiyiyi55]

very neat player,it sounds excellent!

[delorsebolnick]

cute .. like your clip .. keep it up =)

[aretaeloah]

lembro de quando eu era pequena

[LifeIsABigPuzzle]

So how much time do you think that your record player still has? You must have gotten it no later than the 80's! :P

[CoolDudeClem]

Pretty good sound for such a small portable.

[germarion]

this is a harry Belafonte song she re sings.

[g1h2nedlaw]

@themeadownovel Shirley collapsed on stage during a live performance of this song. She was just 20 years old. Exhausted.

[jvane2010]

@themeadownovel you guessed.. :)

[themeadownovel]

@jvane2010 Many thanks for this jvane. You obviously are a Shirley Bassey fan.

[jvane2010]

@themeadownovel

It was the 4th single

search 'Shirley_Bassey_discography' on Wkipedia

for complete list if you are interested..