[ar:Harry Belafonte]
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[00:00.65]This is my island in the sun
[00:05.96]Where my people have toiled since time begun
[00:11.84]I may sail on many a sea
[00:16.84]Her shores will always be home to me
[00:24.47]Oh island in the sun
[00:29.72]Willed to me by my father's hand
[00:34.22]All my days I will sing in praise
[00:38.99]Of your forest waters your shining sand
[00:49.86]As morning breaks the heaven on high
[00:54.43]I lift my heavy load to the sky
[00:59.80]Sun comes down with a burning glow
[01:04.29]Mingles my sweat with the earth below
[01:09.92]Oh island in the sun
[01:14.68]Willed to me by my father's hand
[01:17.30]All my days I will sing in praise
[01:23.86]Of your forest waters your shining sand
[01:34.20]I see woman on bended knee
[01:39.21]Cutting cane for her family
[01:43.76]I see man at the waterside
[01:48.26]Casting nets at the surging tide
[01:54.14]Oh island in the sun
[01:58.76]Willed to me by my father's hand
[02:03.01]All my days I will sing in praise
[02:07.21]Of your forest waters your shining sand
[02:18.51]I pray the day will never come
[02:23.20]When I can't awake to the sound of drum
[02:27.50]Never let me miss carnival
[02:32.12]With calypso songs philosophical
[02:38.37]Oh island in the sun
[02:42.00]Willed to me by my father's hand
[02:46.94]All my days I will sing in praise
[02:51.64]Of your forest waters your shining sand
[02:55.76]Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[03:18.89]Harry Belafonte
[03:19.89]Peak Billboard position 30 in 1957