[(C)] [(F)]
This is my island in the sun
[(G7)] [(C)]
Where my people have toiled since time begun.
[(C)] [(Dm)]
I may sail on many a sea
[(C)] [(G7)] [(C)]
Her shores will always be home to me.
{start_of_chorus}
[(C)] [(F)]
Oh, island in the sun
[(G7)] [(C)]
Willed to me by my father\'s hand
[(C)] [(F)]
All my days I will sing and praise
[(G7)] [(C)]
Of your forests, waters, your shining sands.
{end_of_chorus}
[(C)] [(F)]
As morning breaks the heaven on high
[(G7)] [(C)]
I lift my heavy load to the sky.
[(C)] [(Dm)]
Sun comes down with a burning glow
[(C)] [(G7)] [(C)]
Mingles my sweat with the earth below.
{c:Chorus}
[(C)] [(F)]
I see woman on bended knees
[(G7)] [(C)]
Cutting cane for her family.
[(C)] [(Dm)]
I see man at the water side
[(C)] [(C7)] [(C)]
Casting nets at the surging tide.
{c:Chorus}
[(C)] [(F)]
I hope the day will never come
[(G7)] [(C)]
That I can\'t awake to the sound of a drum,
[(C)] [(Dm)]
Never let me miss carnival
[(C)] [(G7)] [(C)]
With calypso songs philosophical