Track 2: Banana Boat Song by Harry Belafonte
This song reminds me of Animal Farm because Boxer was always very hard working and towards the end he just wanted to retire. It also can show the inequality between the animals by the end.
This song the workers just want to go home from a long days work and relax.
“Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan’ go home”
The “tally man” would be Napoleon because he is in charge and decides when the other animals are done. Napoleon has risen to the top to be able to decide what happens with all of the animals on the farm. Boxer had always done his share of the work plus more. Once he started getting older though he dreamed of being able to retire and just relax. Though he had been such a loyal animal and had always done what was asked he was tossed away for profit of Napoleon and the other pigs.
This is a very upbeat song, which is also reminiscent of Boxer because he always had a positive attitude about him "I will work harder" and "Napoleon is always right." The line "six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch" while talking about stacking bananas reminds me of him carrying and stacking up all the blocks of stone to create the windmill. And the line about the deadly tarantula hiding in the bananas reminds me of how Boxer died by lugging stone to build the windmill. Both jobs have deadly aspects.
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