Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Bananas

Did anyone post Harry Belafonte’s “Banana Boat Song?” (“Or Day-O”)

While in high school, I dressed in island clothes and a straw hat and used some school props, like palm trees to make a tropical scene and sang Harry’s song in a talent contest for an assembly. I came in 2nd. Rats! (A friend of mine played his bongos in the background.)

I was a pretty decent singer, but not good enough.
 
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Did anyone post Harry Belafonte’s “Banana Boat Song?” (“Or Day-O”)

While in high school, I dressed in island clothes and a straw hat and used some school props, like palm trees to make a tropical scene and sang Harry’s song in a talent contest for an assembly. I came in 2nd. Rats! (A friend of mine played his bongos in the background.)

I was a pretty decent singer, but not good enough.
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Interesting fact: While some tout bananas as a cure for constipation, others get severe constipation from eating even a few slices, no matter if they come from a ripe or green(ish) banana. We are all different, so go with what suits you, pun intended.

Day oh, day ay ay ay oh........
Daylight come, and me wan' go home!
 
My Uncle was a conductor in Southern California in the 1920's and 1930's. Banana vendors at some stations would board the train and walk through the cars selling them. He was in a car one day when the vendor walked through and had a women who had never seen one before. So my Uncle bought one for her. Later in the day when he came back through that car, he asked her what she thought of the banana.
She told him that the cobb was the best part of it.
 
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