This is my island in the sun
Where my people have toiled
Though I may sail on many a sea
Her shores will always be home to me
wheeled to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
I lift my heavy load to the sky
Sun comes down with a burning glow
Mingles my sweat with the earth below
Waved to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise of you
For its waters your shining sand
I see a woman on a bended knee
Cutting cane for her family
I see men at the water's side
Casting nets at the surging tide
Willed to me by my father's hand,
All my days I will sing in praise of you,
For it's water's your shining sand.
I hope the day will never come
That I can't wake to the sound of drum
Never let me miss carnival
With Calypso songs, Venus,
All my days I will sing in praise