[Intro]
             
This is my isl

    
and in the sun
            
Where my peopl

              
e have toiled 

      
since time beg

un.
             
I may sail on 


many a sea
             
Her shores wil

           
l always be ho

me to me.

[Chorus]
          
Oh, island in 

the sun,
            
Willed to me b

     
y my father's 

hand
             
All my days I 

     
will sing in p

raise
            
Of your forest

              
s, waters, you

  
r shining sand

s.

[Verse 1]
             
As morning bre

        
aks the heaven

 on high
            
I lift my heav

  
y load to the 

sky.
             
Sun comes down

        
 with a burnin

g glow
           
Mingles my swe

             
at with the ea

rth below.

[Chorus]
          
Oh, island in 

the sun,
            
Willed to me b

     
y my father's 

hand
             
All my days I 

     
will sing in p

raise
            
Of your forest

              
s, waters, you

  
r shining sand

s.

[Verse 2]
             
I see woman on

 
 bended knee
            
Cutting cane f

       
or her family.
             
I see man at t

   
he water side
           
Casting nets a

      
t the surging 

tide.

[Chorus]
          
Oh, island in 

the sun,
            
Willed to me b

     
y my father's 

hand
             
All my days I 

     
will sing in p

raise
            
Of your forest

              
s, waters, you

  
r shining sand

s.

[Verse 3]
             
I hope the day

      
 will never co

me
            
That I can't a

            
wake to the so

und of drum,
             
Never let me m

    
iss carnival
             
With calypso s

         
ongs philosoph

ical.

[Chorus]
          
Oh, island in 

the sun,
            
Willed to me b

     
y my father's 

hand
             
All my days I 

     
will sing in p

raise
            
Of your forest

              
s, waters, you

  
r shining sand

s.