Aselin Debison - The Island Lyrics
Over an ocean and over a seaBeyond these great waters, oh what do I see?I see the great mountainsclimb from the coastlineThe hills of Cape Breton, this new home of mineOh they come from the countries all over the worldTo hack at the forest, to plow the land downFishermen, farmers and sailors all comeTo clear for the future this pioneer groundCHORUSWe are an island, a rock in a streamWe are a people as proud as theres beenIn soft summer breeze or in wild winter windsThe home of our hearts, Cape BretonOver the rooftops and over the treesWithin these new townships, oh what do I see?I see the black pitheads, the coal-wheels are turningThe smokestacks are belching and the blast furnace burningOh the sweat on the back is no joy to beholdIn the heat of the steel plant or mining the coalAnd the foreign-owned companiesforce us to fightFor our survival and for our rightsCHORUSOver the highways and over the roadsOver the causeway, stories are toldThey tell of the coming and the going awayThe cities of America draw me awayAh the companies come, the companies goAnd the ways of the world we may never knowWell follow the footsteps of those on their wayAnd well ask for the right to leave or to stayCHORUS
