Lyrics
Alfred L-Lloyd tennis shoe (?)
Suddenly I want to see you
For up the landing
Clouds of spray
Oh, to see the sunrise once
Sailing in a banana boat
Spiders in the bunches
Biting can spell death
Trading post in Mozamb. Bassa
Seventeen one franc pieces
Two ten franc notes
Leather purse today
Chronology
Interpretations
- The middle section references Day-O (Banana Boat Song), popularized by Harry Belafonte's 1956 version
- "A beautiful bunch of ripe banana / Hide the deadly black tarantula"
- (wild speculation) The first line could be a mangling of "Alfred, Lord Tennyson"
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