Harry Belafonte - Island In The Sun

Island In the Sun

Artist: Harry Belafonte (peak Billboard position # 30 in 1957)
Words and Music by Harry Belafonte and Lord Burgess
Title song from the 1957 film starring James Mason, Joan Collins, Dorothy
Dandridge, Michael Rennie, and Belafonte.


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

CHORUS
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

CHORUS

I see woman on bended knee
Cutting cane for her family
I see man at the waterside
Casting nets at the surging tide

CHORUS

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

CHORUS


Island In the Sun

Artist: Harry Belafonte (peak Billboard position # 30 in 1957)
Words and Music by Harry Belafonte and Lord Burgess
Title song from the 1957 film starring James Mason, Joan Collins, Dorothy
Dandridge, Michael Rennie, and Belafonte.


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

CHORUS
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

CHORUS

I see woman on bended knee
Cutting cane for her family
I see man at the waterside
Casting nets at the surging tide

CHORUS

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

CHORUS


Harry Belafonte - Island in the sun - 1957

Island in the sun (H. Belafonte - L. Burgess), RCA Victor 47-885 (1957), RCA Victor LPM-1505 (1957). Peak chart position: US #3 (1957). Harry Belafonte with ...

Harry Belafonte - Island in the Sun.flv

Harry Belafonte - Island In The Sun

A TV performance from Harry Belafonte of the title song from his 1957 movie 'Island In The Sun'. It was one of several hit records the calypso singer enjoyed ...

Harry Belafonte - Island In the Sun (live) 1997

This fantastic concert was recorded in 1997 (State University Of New York at Purchase).

Harry Belafonte - Island In The Sun (HD)

Theme title from the 1957 movie Island In The Sun starring Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge.

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