Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears

Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears - Kathy Durkin

On the first day of January 1892

They opened Ellis Island and they let the people through

And the first to 'cross the threshold

Of that isle of hope and tears

Was Annie Moore from Ireland

Who was all of 15 years

Isle of hope Isle of tears

Isle of freesom isle of fears

But it's not the isle you left behind

That isle of hunger isle of pain

Isle you'll never see again

But the isle of home is always on your mind

In a little bag she carried all her past and history

And her dreams for the future in the land of liberty

And courage is the passport

When your old world disappears

But there's no future in the past

When you're 15 years

Isle of hope Isle of tears

Isle of freesom isle of fears

But it's not the isle you left behind

That isle of hunger isle of pain

But you'll never see land

But the isle of home is always on your mind

Isle of hope Isle of tears

Isle of freesom isle of fears

But it's not the isle you left behind

That isle of hunger isle of pain

But you'll never see again

But the isle of home is always on your mind

The isle of home is always on your mind