Island In the Sun-Harry Belafonte

[ti:Island In The Sun (From "Island In The Sun")] [ar:Various Artists] [al:Those Were The Days] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.09]Island In the Sun - Harry Belafonte [00:01.96]Oh island in the sun [00:06.11]Willed to me by my father's hand [00:10.07] [00:10.70]All my days I will sing in praise [00:14.98]Of your forest waters your shining sand [00:20.17] [00:25.26]As morning breaks the heaven on high [00:29.79]I lift my heavy load to the sky [00:33.66] [00:34.40]Sun comes down with a burning glow [00:38.57]Mingles my sweat with the earth below [00:42.89] [00:43.87]Oh island in the sun [00:47.63]Willed to me by my father's hand [00:51.65] [00:52.18]All my days I will sing in praise [00:56.15]Of your forest waters your shining sand [01:02.21] [01:06.55]I see woman on bended knee [01:10.33] [01:11.16]Cutting cane for her family [01:14.70] [01:15.44]I see man at the waterside [01:20.00]Casting nets at the surging tide [01:23.86] [01:24.76]Oh island in the sun [01:28.57]Willed to me by my father's hand [01:33.02]All my days I will sing in praise [01:37.18]Of your forest waters your shining sand [01:42.94] [01:47.36]I hope the day will never come [01:50.86] [01:51.57]When I can't awake to the sound of drum [01:55.62]Never let me miss carnival [02:00.07]With calypso songs philosophical [02:03.80] [02:05.37]Oh island in the sun [02:08.68] [02:09.25]Willed to me by my father's hand [02:12.96] [02:13.69]All my days I will sing in praise [02:17.57]Of your forest waters your shining sand