C
F
This is my island in the sun
G7
C
Where my people have toiled since time begun.
C
Dm
I may sail on many a sea
C
G7
C
Her shores will always be home to me.
C
F
Oh, island in the sun,
G7
C
Willed to me by my father’s hand
C
F
All my days I will sing and praise
G7
C
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands.
C
F
As morning breaks the heaven on high
G7
C
I lift my heavy load to the sky.
C
Dm
Sun comes down with a burning glow
C
G7
C
Mingles my sweat with the earth below.
C
F
Oh, island in the sun,
G7
C
Willed to me by my father’s hand
C
F
All my days I will sing and praise
G7
C
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands.
C
F
I see woman on bended knees
G7
C
Cutting cane for her family.
C
Dm
I see man at the water side
C
G7
C
Casting nets at the surging tide.
C
F
Oh, island in the sun,
G7
C
Willed to me by my father’s hand
C
F
All my days I will sing and praise
G7
C
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands.
C
F
I hope the day will never come
G7
C
That I can’t awake to the sound of a drum,
C
Dm
Never let me miss carnival
C
G7
C
With calypso songs philosophical.
C
F
Oh, island in the sun,
G7
C
Willed to me by my father’s hand
C
F
All my days I will sing and praise
G7
C
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands.
G7
C
Dm
F
