Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears (2015 Version)-Celtic Thunder

[00:01.760]Isle of Hope Isle of Tears -Celtic Thunder [00:15.200]On the first day of January 1892 [00:24.890]They opened Ellis Island and they let the people through [00:33.770]And the first to cross the threshold of that isle of hope and tears [00:42.770]Was Annie Moore from Ireland [00:46.890]Who was all of 15years [00:53.330]Isle of hope Isle of tears [00:57.580]Isle of freedom isle of fears [01:02.770]But it's not the isle you left behind [01:09.890]That isle of hunger isle of pain [01:14.330]Isle you'll never see again [01:18.950]But the isle of home is always on your mind [01:28.450]In a little bag she carried all her past and history [01:36.200]And her dreams for the future in the land of liberty [01:44.200]And courage is the passport [01:47.950]When your old world disappears [01:52.140]But there's no future in the past [01:56.450]When you're 15years [02:01.600]Isle of hope Isle of tears [02:06.230]Isle of freedom isle of fears [02:10.290]But it's not the isle you left behind [02:17.420]That isle of hunger isle of pain [02:21.600]Isle you'll never see again [02:26.290]But the isle of home is always on your mind [02:50.540]When they closed down Ellis Island in 1943 [02:59.910]17million people had come there for sanctuary [03:07.480]And in spring time when I came here [03:11.670]And I stepped onto its piers [03:15.790]I thought of how it must have been [03:19.790]When you're 15years [03:25.670]Isle of hope Isle of tears [03:29.850]Isle of freedom isle of fears [03:34.480]But it's not the isle you left behind [03:41.220]That isle of hunger isle of pain [03:45.290]Isle you'll never see again [03:50.540]But the isle of home is always on your mind [04:00.540]The isle of home is always on your mind