This is my island in the sun
Where my people have toiled
The shores will always be home to me
Willed to be by my Father's hand,
All my days I will sing in praise
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
Willed to be 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 a family
I see men at water's side,
Casting nets at a surgeon's die.
Willed to be by my father's hand,
All my days I will sing in praise
I pray the day will never come
Never let me miss Carnival
With calypso songs, bitter sapphire colour
Will to be by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest water show, shining sand
Willed to be by my father's hand,
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest waters, your shining sand.
This is my island in the sun
Where my people have toiled
The shores will always be home to me
