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BELOVED ISLE CAYMAN
O LAND OF SOFT, FRESH BREEZES AND
VERDANT TREES SO FAIR,
WITH THE CREATOR'S GLORY REFLECTED
EV'RYWHERE, O SEA OF PALEST
EM'RALD MERGING TO DARKEST BLUE,
WHENE'ER MY THOUGHTS FLY GODWARD,
I ALWAYS THINK OF YOU.
DEAR, VERDANT LAND, SET IN BLUE
CARIBBEAN SEA,
I'M COMING, COMING VERY SOON, O
BEAUTEOUS ISLE, TO THEE.
ALTHOUGH I WANDERED FAR, MY HEART
ENSHRINES THEE YET.
HOMELAND, FAIR CAYMAN ISLE, I
CANNOT THEE FORGET.
AWAY FROM NOISE OF CITIES, THEIR
FRET AND CARKING CARE,
WITH MOONBEAMS' SOFT CARESSES,
UNCHECKED BY GARISH GLARE,
THY FRUIT WITH RAREST JUICES,
ABUNDANT, RICH AND FREE, WHEN
SWEET CHURCH BELLS ARE CHIMING,
MY FOND HEART YEARNS FOR THEE.
DEAR, VERDANT LAND, ETC.
WHEN TIRED OF ALL EXCITEMENT AND
GLAM'ROUS WORLDLY CARE,
HOW SWEET THY SHORES TO REACH AND
FIND A WELCOME THERE,
AND WHEN COMES ON THE SEASON OF
PEACE, GOOD WILL TO MAN,
'TIS THEN I LOVE THEE BEST OF ALL,
BELOVED ISLE CAYMAN.
DEAR, VERDANT LAND, ETC.