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Artist: Johnny Nash
Canonical path: /johnny-nash/island-in-the-sun
Related lyric paths: 6
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Island In The Sun
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Island In The Sun
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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
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
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
I see woman on bended knee
Cutting cane for her family
I see man at the waterside
Casting nets at the surging tide
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
I hope the day will never come
That I can't awake to the sound of drum
Never let me miss carnival
With calypso songs philosophical
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
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