Island in the sun

 

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1. This is my island in the sun,

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    where my people have toiled since time begun.

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    I may sail on many a sea,

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    her shores will always be home to me.

 

C                   F                 G                           C

    Oh, island in the sun, willed to me by my father's hand,

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all my days I will sing in praise

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of your forests, waters, your shining sands.

 

   C                                         F

2.    As morning breaks the heaven on high,

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    I lift my heavy load to the sky.

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    Sun comes down with a burning glow,

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    mingles my sweat with the earth below. +CHORUS

 

    C                            F

3.  I  see women on bended knees

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    cutting cane for their families.

  Am                          Dm

    I see men at the water side

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    casting nets at the surging tide.  + CHORUS

 

    C                             F

4. I hope the day will never come,

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    that I can't awake to the sound of a drum.

     Am                         Dm

    Never let me miss carnival,

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    calypso songs full of subtle call.  + CHORUS

 

    (Harry Belafonte)