Isle Of Hope

C G On the first day of January F C Eighteen ninety-two F Dm F They opened Ellis Island and they let G The people through C G And the first to cross the threshold F C Of that isle of hope and tears F Dm Was Annie Moore from Ireland F G Who was all of fifteen years F G7 Isle of hope, isle of tears C Am Isle of freedom, isle of fears F G But it's not the isle you left behind F G7 That isle of hunger, isle of pain C Am Isle you'll never see again F G F C But the isle of home is always on your mind C G In a little bag she carried F C All her past and history F Dm And her dreams for the future F G In the land of liberty C G And courage is the passport F C When your old world disappears F Dm But there's no future in the past F G When you're fifteen years F G7 Isle of hope, isle of tears C Am Isle of freedom, isle of fears F G But it's not the isle you left behind F G7 That isle of hunger, isle of pain C Am Isle you'll never see again F G F C But the isle of home is always on your mind C G When they closed down Ellis Island F C In nineteen forty-three F Dm Seventeen million people F G Had come there for sanctuary C G And in Springtime when I came here F C And I stepped onto it's piers F Dm I thought of how it must have been F G When you're fifteen years Refrain 2x F G7 Isle of hope, isle of tears C Am Isle of freedom, isle of fears F G But it's not the isle you left behind F G7 That isle of hunger, isle of pain C Am Isle you'll never see again F G F C But the isle of home is always on your mind Refrain Instr 2x