Belafonte - Paalkir Gaan

I was listening to the so-called ‘banana song’ of Harry Belafonte. It is an adapted version of the traditional Jamaican song sung by the night-shift dock workers who load bananas on ships. They sing it at dawn when their work is almost done and they are eager to go home. The song is well sung no doubt. However, the reason I make this post is different. That song reminded me of ‘paalkir gaan’; the slower ending part of it, where the palanquin bearers are exhausted at the end of the day. The ‘heiyan-hei-re-hei-aha’ from the Bengali song resonates with ‘daylight come and me wan' go home’ of the Day-O lyrics.

http://www.musicindiaonline.com///p/x/64brI7OHQt.As1NMvHdW/ (Link to the Bengali song)