When Can I Have a Banana Again?
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Recorded23 October 1943
SongwritersNat Mills
Gaby Rogers
Harry Roy
Gaby Rogers
Harry Roy
| "When Can I Have a Banana Again?" | |
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| Song by Harry Roy | |
| Recorded | 23 October 1943 |
| Genre | Comic song |
| Label | Regal Zonophone Records |
| Songwriters | Nat Mills Gaby Rogers Harry Roy |
When Can I Have a Banana Again? is a 1943 British comedy song which became a Second World War hit for the bandleader Harry Roy. It makes humorous reference to the complete shortage of bananas in Britain. While the singer is able to cope without other foodstuffs rationed in wartime, he laments the total absence of bananas which will only return with an Allied victory. A review in Gramophone described it as "slightly silly but well put over".[1]
The song featured in the 1975 Dad's Army stage show.[2]
