Island in the Sun-Harry Belafonte/The Crickets

[ti:Island In The Sun] [ar:Harry Belafonte] [al:My Greatest Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.15]This is my island in the sun [00:06.46]Where my people have toiled since time begun [00:12.34]I may sail on many a sea [00:17.34]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 [00:50.36]As morning breaks the heaven on high [00:54.93]I lift my heavy load to the sky [01:00.30]Sun comes down with a burning glow [01:04.79]Mingles my sweat with the earth below [01:10.42]Oh island in the sun [01:15.18]Willed to me by my father's hand [01:17.80]All my days I will sing in praise [01:24.36]Of your forest waters your shining sand [01:30.49] [01:34.70]I see woman on bended knee [01:39.71]Cutting cane for her family [01:44.26]I see man at the waterside [01:48.76]Casting nets at the surging tide [01:54.64]Oh island in the sun [01:59.26]Willed to me by my father's hand [02:03.51]All my days I will sing in praise [02:07.71]Of your forest waters your shining sand [02:19.01]I pray the day will never come [02:23.70]When I can't awake to the sound of drum [02:28.00]Never let me miss carnival [02:32.62]With calypso songs philosophical [02:38.87]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 [02:52.14]Of your forest waters your shining sand [02:56.26]Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm [03:19.39]Harry Belafonte [03:20.39]Peak Billboard position 30 in 1957