Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Island In The Sun 日光島


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjPNDFr_ZpE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olKz2PGqVmc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4HKgDGqv90
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG_MRmQi6Qg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E41LNLlC5g0&feature=related

File:Belafonte sings of the caribbean.jpg


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 pray the day will never come
When 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