On The First Day On January,
<br />eighteen Ninety-Two,
<br />they Opened Ellis Island And They Let
<br />the People Through.
<br />and The First To Cross The Treshold
<br />of That Isle Of Hope And Tears,
<br />was Annie Moore From Ireland
<br />who Was All Of Fifteen Years.
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<br />isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears,
<br />isle Of Freedom, Isle Of Fears,
<br />but It's Not The Isle You Left Behind.
<br />that Isle Of Hunger, Isle Of Pain,
<br />isle You'll Never See Again
<br />but The Isle Of Home Is Always On Your Mind.
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<br />in A Little Bag She Carried
<br />all Her Past And History,
<br />and Her Dreams For The Future
<br />in The Land Of Liberty.
<br />and Courage Is The Passport
<br />when Your Old World Disappears
<br />but There's No Future In The Past
<br />when You're Fifteen Years
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<br />when They Closed Down Ellis Island
<br />in Nineteen Fourty-Three,
<br />seventeen Million People
<br />had Come There For Sanctuary.
<br />and In Springtime When I Came Here
<br />and I Stepped Onto It's Piers,
<br />i Thought Of How It Must Have Been
<br />when You're Fifteen Years.
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