Harry Belafonte- Day-o Lyrics Video Online

: The repeated refrain "Daylight come and me wan' go home" literally describes the workers waiting for the sun to rise so their grueling shift can end.

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". Harry Belafonte- Day-O Lyrics Video

: Released in 1956, it was the opening track of his album Calypso , the first record by a solo artist to sell over a million copies. : The repeated refrain "Daylight come and me

While its roots are in heavy labor, the song has achieved massive recognition through modern media: a passionate civil rights activist