Debison, Aselin - The Island Lyrics






Over an ocean and over a sea
Beyond these great waters, oh what do I see?
I see the great mountains
Climb from the coastline
The hills of Cape Breton, this new home of mine
Oh they come from the countries all over the world
To hack at the forest, to plow the land down
Fishermen, farmers and sailors all come
To clear for the future this pioneer ground

[CHORUS]
We are an island, a rock in a stream
We are a people as proud as there's been
In soft summer breeze or in wild winter winds
The home of our hearts, Cape Breton

Over the rooftops and over the trees
Within these new townships, oh what do I see?
I see the black pitheads, the coal-wheels are turning
The smokestacks are belching and the blast furnace burning
Oh the sweat on the back is no joy to behold
In the heat of the steel plant or mining the coal
And the foreign-owned companies
Force us to fight
For our survival and for our rights

[CHORUS]

Over the highways and over the roads
Over the causeway, stories are told
They tell of the coming and the going away
The cities of America draw me away
Ah the companies come, the companies go
And the ways of the world we may never know
We'll follow the footsteps of those on their way
And we'll ask for the right to leave or to stay

[CHORUS]





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  1. A.... c....

    Hermsa por que se corto el hair cabello noo

  2. i.... k....

    once upon a time,
    This song is loved by so many people around the KOREA.
    welcome to JEJU island in the south KOREA!

  3. I.... C....

    Beautiful song. It has been years since I first heard this by Ryan's Fancy, also a great version of this great song

  4. S.... F....

    Should be the national anthem of English-Speaking Canada.

  5. R.... K....

    The little girl Aselin, now young lady!

  6. E.... P....

    My Dad was in the coal

  7. E.... P....

    Over & again to me..

  8. E.... P....

    Song never gets old!!!!

  9. E.... P....

    Her voice makes me fight threw anything...

  10. E.... P....

    I don't even know how to show my proper steele fam from Glace bay .. Please get back to me

  11. E.... P....

    Half Metis please dont hate half breeds .. There going threw worst

    E.... P....

    That's the problem with our country: there are Metis, half-Metis, First Nations, and a host of little colonies everywhere--when really there should only be CANADIANS. I have aboriginal DNA and German DNA, Turkish, Spanish, Italian, and French DNA, but when all those "First Nations people, etc" see me I'm just a white bastard they all hate because of what someone did to them a long time ago. I can tell you now. My fellow Canadians and I are not going anywhere. This is our country and we are not going to walk away from what we built and achieved (pretty much everything you see when you leave your house, from the roads, to the houses, to the cities, to the economy and political apparatus) because someone would rather have revenge on our forbearers than cooperate with us. My folks had about two dimes to rub together and that's it. I paid for my own education by working my way through high school and university. I never did fuck all to an aboriginal person in my life. Neither did my parents. I have to pay for the dentist too. Luckily I have great teeth, but some non-First Nations people are not so lucky. And your First Nations people like to speak their language around us and we know they're talking about us. They are only people. There are good ones and bad ones. Like the rest of us. They don't have any special powers or rights. They didn't come out of the ground here as they claim. They came on the land bridge across the Bering Strait at the end of the last ice age. Many of us Canadians are in touch with nature, themselves, and their communities. I'm sick of First Nations people saying my people are greedy, ignorant, and superficial. Of course, some of them are. Some of their people are too. Well, enjoy milking our system as long as you can because it won't last forever. They are waking up in Europe. My people will wake up here too. The Maple Leaf forever.

  12. E.... P....

    From Alberta .. No ones know what we been threw to keep Glace bay STRONG

  13. E.... P....

    So proud to have you as Glace bay girl ; )

  14. E.... P....

    GLACE BAY !!!

  15. W.... R....

    Love love love her!

  16. C.... L....

    Awesome !!!
    Female warrior feeling?
    Singing well .. :)

  17. P.... D....

    First time I have seen this version. Nice job.