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Island in the Sun [From Island in the Sun]
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Harry Belafonte
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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
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[Chorus]
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Oh, island in the sun
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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 forest, waters, your shining sand
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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
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[Chorus]
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I see woman on bended knee
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Cutting cane for her family
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I see man at the waterside
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Casting nets at the surging tide
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[Chorus]
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I pray the day will never come
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When I can't awake to the sound of drum
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Never let me miss carnival
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With calypso songs philosophical
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[Chorus]
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