[02:03.220]On The First Day On January,
[02:07.660]eighteen Ninety-Two,
[02:11.580]they Opened Ellis Island And They Let
[02:16.190]the People Through.
[02:18.740]and The First To Cross The Treshold
[02:22.650]of That Isle Of Hope And Tears,
[02:26.630]was Annie Moore From Ireland
[02:30.940]who Was All Of Fifteen Years.
[02:35.020]
[02:36.040]isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears,
[02:40.380]isle Of Freedom, Isle Of Fears,
[02:45.040]but It's Not The Isle You Left Behind.
[02:52.300]that Isle Of Hunger, Isle Of Pain,
[02:57.330]isle You'll Never See Again
[03:01.470]but The Isle Of Home Is Always On Your Mind.
[03:10.800]
[03:11.090]in A Little Bag She Carried
[03:14.610]all Her Past And History,
[03:18.090]and Her Dreams For The Future
[03:22.080]in The Land Of Liberty.
[03:25.950]and Courage Is The Passport
[03:29.470]when Your Old World Disappears
[03:33.430]but There's No Future In The Past
[03:37.550]when You're Fifteen Years
[03:41.760]
[03:42.570]isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears,
[03:46.770]isle Of Freedom, Isle Of Fears,
[03:51.030]but It's Not The Isle You Left Behind.
[03:58.000]that Isle Of Hunger, Isle Of Pain,
[04:02.450]isle You'll Never See Again
[04:06.530]but The Isle Of Home Is Always On Your Mind.
[04:14.460]
[04:41.290]when They Closed Down Ellis Island
[04:45.410]in Nineteen Fourty-Three,
[04:49.480]seventeen Million People
[04:53.210]had Come There For Sanctuary.
[04:57.450]and In Springtime When I Came Here
[05:01.460]and I Stepped Onto It's Piers,
[05:06.180]i Thought Of How It Must Have Been
[05:09.750]when You're Fifteen Years.
[05:14.660]
[05:15.290]isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears,
[05:19.500]isle Of Freedom, Isle Of Fears,
[05:23.900]but It's Not The Isle You Left Behind.
[05:30.970]that Isle Of Hunger, Isle Of Pain,
[05:35.410]isle You'll Never See Again
[05:39.710]but The Isle Of Home Is Always On Your Mind.
[05:46.610]
[05:47.140]isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears,
[05:51.260]isle Of Freedom, Isle Of Fears,
[05:55.690]but It's Not The Isle You Left Behind.
[06:02.750]that Isle Of Hunger, Isle Of Pain,
[06:07.180]isle You'll Never See Again
[06:11.610]but The Isle Of Home Is Always On Your Mind.
[06:21.310]but The Isle Of Home Is Always On Your Mind.