"Island In the Sun" by Harry Belafonte

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

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Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days, I will sing in praise
Of your forest, 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

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I see woman on bended knee
Cutting cane for her family
I see man at the waterside
Casting nets at the surging tide

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I pray the day will never come
When I can't awake
To the sound of drum
Never let me miss carnivale
With calypso songs philosophical

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