(The song is from the POV of dock workers loading the bananas for shipping, hence the subtitle "The Banana Boat Song" So it's not technically a "sea shanty" but it's shanty-adjacent)
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Seriously, one of the verses of the song is about how when you're exhausted at the end of your shift and tipsy because you've had a little nip to take the edge off is the perfect time for a tarantula to ambush youpic.twitter.com/bpdirfrR8q
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This is Phoneutria fera, the "tarantula" spoken of in the song, one of many so-called "banana spiders" that nest inside banana bunches and pose a threat to banana workers Its bite is rarely actually fatal, but is said to be extremely painful, like being stabbed with a knifepic.twitter.com/WqYjETiNAZ
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Yes, this does make me feel guilty about how bananas are like 70 cents a pound in the supermarket every time I think about it
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That's wild
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@NomeDaBarbarian posted a thread about sea shanties originating with Black ship/dockworkers, which is kind of fascinatinghttps://twitter.com/NomeDaBarbarian/status/1349474118509367296?s=19 …
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Right, like even before it gets into the details the title of the song is about working the night shift -- the sun's just come up and your reaction is to get to bed, which is in and of itself tragic
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"Some people say - a man's made out of mud, but a poor man's made out of muscle and blood. A muscle and blood and skin and bones, With a mind that's weak and a back that's strong"https://youtu.be/5pfVvqLM_e4
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Oh yeah, Day-O is definitely about people doing a rough job through the night.
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