The New Ground-Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears Lyrics

On The First Day On January,
eighteen Ninety-Two,
they Opened Ellis Island And They Let
the People Through.
and The First To Cross The Treshold
of That Isle Of Hope And Tears,
was Annie Moore From Ireland
who Was All Of Fifteen Years.

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isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears,
isle Of Freedom, 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 Pa*sport
when Your Old World Disappears
but There's No Future In The Past
when You're Fifteen Years

chorus

when They Closed Down Ellis Island
in Nineteen Fourty-Three,
seventeen Million People
had Come There For Sanctuary.
and In Springtime When I Came Here
and I Stepped Onto It's Piers,
i Thought Of How It Must Have Been
when You're Fifteen Years.

chorus

Celtic Woman - Songs From The Heart

Jan 2010

1. Fields of Gold
2. Amazing Grace
3. Níl Sé'n Lá
4. My Lagan Love
5. When You Believe
6. The New Ground-Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears
7. The Coast of Galiçia
8. Non C'è Più
9. The Moon's A Harsh Mistress
10. You'll Be In My Heart
11. Goodnight My Angel
12. Galway Bay
13. The Lost Rose Fantasia
14. O, America!