Harry Belafonte - Island In The Sun lyrics

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

Oh island in the sun

willed to me by my father's hand

All my days I will sing in praise

of your forrest, waters, your shining sand

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

Oh island in the sun

willed to me by my father's hand

All my days I will sing in praise

of your forrest, waters, your shining sand

I see woman on bended knee

cutting cane for her family

I see man at the waterside

casting nets at the surging tide

Oh island in the sun

willed to me by my father's hand

All my days I will sing in praise

of your forrest, waters, your shining sand

I hope the day will never come

when I can't awake to the sound of drum

Never let me miss carnival

with calypso songs philosophical

Oh island in the sun

willed to me by my father's hand

All my days I will sing in praise

of your forrest, waters, your shining sand

Oehoe, oehoe

oehoe hoehoe, oehoe