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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Celtic Woman
Performer
Alex Sharpe
Vocals
Chloe Agnew
Vocals
Lisa Kelly
Vocals
David Downes
Keyboards
Lynn Hilary
Vocals
Mairead Nesbitt
Vocals
Tommy Martin
Whistle
The Black Raven Pipe Band
Performer
Des Moore
Guitar
Eogham O'Neill
Bass Guitar
Ray Fean
Drums
Nicky Bailey
Percussion
Anthony Byrne
Bagpipes
John McSherry
Uilleann Pipes
The Irish Film Orchestra
Orchestra
John Page
Conductor
Alan Smale
First Violin
Martin Johnston
Cello
Caitríona Walsh
Performer
Aontas Choral Ensemble
Chorus
Rosemary Collier
Chorus Director
Paul Russell
Pipe
Andrew Boland
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Downes / B. Graham
Songwriter
David Downes
Orchestrator
Brendan Graham
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
David Downes
Producer
Andrew Boland
Mixing Engineer
Mazen Murad
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[** feat. Agnew, Hilary, Kelly, Nesbitt, Sharpe:]
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.
[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 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 Passport
When Your Old World Disappears
But There's No Future In The Past
When You're Fifteen Years
[Repeat 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.
[Repeat Chorus:]
Writer(s): David Downes
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