[Verse]
             
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]
             
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]
             
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]
             
I hope the day

      
 will never co

me
            
That I can't a

            
wake to the so

und of a 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