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The Banana Boat Song isn't about the bananas.
It's more about bananas than Lemon Song is about lemons though, that's fer sher
Lemon Song is still about fruit in a sense, but not any literal lemons.
Well it's about seed, and considering it ran down his leg, I don't think it's going to be producing fruit-bearing plants anytime soon.
I was gonna say...
Well no, obviously it's about the banana boat.
Little green apples is the only one litterally referring to fruit
Banana Boat Song is referring to fruit, that's just not the point of the song. But the fruit is referenced a ton in the lyrics, what did you think the tally man was tallying?
Banthas? Sandpeople ride single file to hide their numbers, so they can be tricky to tally.
Only if you're trying to tally them based on their footprints. If you're watching them go by, being in single file makes them way easier to tally.
TIL about metaphors?
"Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch..."
What do you think is in those bunches?
Hint. It's bananas
And yet it's not about the bananas.