Celtic Woman - 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 LetThe People Through.And The First To Cross The TresholdOf That Isle Of Hope And Tears,Was Annie Moore From IrelandWho Was All Of Fifteen Years.Chorus: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 AgainBut The Isle Of Home Is Always On Your Mind.In A Little Bag She CarriedAll Her Past And History,And Her Dreams For The FutureIn The Land Of Liberty.And Courage Is The PassportWhen Your Old World DisappearsBut There's No Future In The PastWhen You're Fifteen YearsChorusWhen They Closed Down Ellis IslandIn Nineteen Fourty-Three,Seventeen Million PeopleHad Come There For Sanctuary.And In Springtime When I Came HereAnd I Stepped Onto It's Piers,I Thought Of How It Must Have BeenWhen You're Fifteen Years.Chorus