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Intro
This is my island in the sun
Where my people have toiled since time begun.
I may sail on many a sea
Her shores will always be home to me.
Chorus
Oh, island in the sun,
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands.
Verse 1
As morning breaks the heaven on high
I lift my heavy load to the sky.
Sun comes down with a burning glow
Mingles my sweat with the earth below.
Chorus
Oh, island in the sun,
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands.
Verse 2
I see woman on bended knee
Cutting cane for her family.
I see man at the water side
Casting nets at the surging tide.
Chorus
Oh, island in the sun,
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands.
Verse 3
I hope the day will never come
That I can't awake to the sound of drum,
Never let me miss carnival
With calypso songs philosophical.
Chorus
Oh, island in the sun,
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands.
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