Irving Burgie: Composer who co-wrote Harry Belafonte hit Day-O dies aged 95 news.sky.com

Irvin Burgie also penned the lyrics to the national anthem of his home nation Barbados, called In Plenty and In Time of Need.
Irving Burgie, who co-wrote the Harry Belafonte hit Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) and helped to popularise Caribbean music in the 1950s, has died aged 95.

Burgie also penned the lyrics to the national anthem of his home nation Barbados, called In Plenty And In Time of Need.