[00:01.16]This is my island in the sun
[00:06.47]Where my people have toiled since time begun
[00:12.34]I may sail on many a sea
[00:17.35]Her shores will always be home to me
[00:24.97]Oh, island in the sun
[00:30.22]Willed to me by my father's hand
[00:34.72]All my days I will sing in praise
[00:39.49]Of your forest, waters, your shining sand
[00:50.37]As morning breaks the heaven on high
[00:54.93]I lift my heavy load to the sky
[01:00.31]Sun comes down with a burning glow
[01:04.80]Mingles my sweat with the earth below
[01:10.43]Oh, island in the sun
[01:15.18]Willed to me by my father's hand
[01:17.81]All my days I will sing in praise
[01:24.36]Of your forest, waters, your shining sand
[01:30.50]
[01:34.71]I see woman on bended knee
[01:39.71]Cutting cane for her family
[01:44.27]I see man at the waterside
[01:48.77]Casting nets at the surging tide
[01:54.64]Oh, island in the sun
[01:59.27]Willed to me by my father's hand
[02:03.52]All my days I will sing in praise
[02:07.71]Of your forest, waters, your shining sand
[02:19.02]I pray the day will never come
[02:23.71]When I can't awake to the sound of drum
[02:28.00]Never let me miss carnival
[02:32.63]With calypso songs philosophical
[02:38.88]Oh, island in the sun
[02:42.50]Willed to me by my father's hand
[02:47.44]All my days I will sing in praise
[02:52.15]Of your forest, waters, your shining sand
[02:56.27]mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[03:19.40]Harry Belafonte
[03:20.39]peak Billboard position # 30 in 1957