[00:01.08]This is my island in the sun
[00:06.73]Where my people have toiled since time begun
[00:12.41]I may sail on many a sea
[00:17.33]Her shores will always be home to me
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[00:24.53]Oh, island in the sun
[00:29.93]Willed to me by my father's hand
[00:34.26]All my days I will sing in praise
[00:39.17]Of your forest, waters, your shining sand
[00:43.78]
[00:49.86]As morning breaks the heaven on high
[00:54.35]I lift my heavy load to the sky
[00:59.74]Sun comes down with a burning glow
[01:04.18]Mingles my sweat with the earth below
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[01:09.60]Oh, island in the sun
[01:14.21]Willed to me by my father's hand
[01:18.79]All my days I will sing in praise
[01:22.77]Of your forest, waters, your shining sand
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[01:34.05]I see woman on bended knee
[01:38.93]Cutting cane for her family
[01:43.42]I see man at the waterside
[01:48.37]Casting nets at the surging tide
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[01:53.50]Oh, island in the sun
[01:57.90]Willed to me by my father's hand
[02:02.73]All my days I will sing in praise
[02:06.89]Of your forest, waters, your shining sand
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[02:18.14]I pray the day will never come
[02:22.82]When I can't awake to the sound of drum
[02:27.25]Never let me miss carnival
[02:31.75]With calypso songs philosophical
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[02:37.19]Oh, island in the sun
[02:41.40]Willed to me by my father's hand
[02:46.22]All my days I will sing in praise
[02:50.30]Of your forest, waters, your shining sand
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[02:57.40]mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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[03:06.81]Harry Belafonte
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[03:09.15]peak Billboard position # 30 in 1957
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