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Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears

from Immigrant Songs by Wolf Loescher

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In response to the COVID lockdown in May of 2020, I began a regular online Facebook livestream called “The Howl”…and it continues to this day, every Saturday night. One of the early “Howlers” (Joseph Cooper) introduced me to Seán Keane’s performance of this wonderful song, and I’m so glad he did.

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On the first day of January
Eighteen ninety-two
They opened Ellis Island
And they let the people through
And the first to cross the threshold
Of that Isle of hope and tears
Was Annie Moore from Ireland
Who was only 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

When they closed down Ellis Island
In Nineteen Forty-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

credits

from Immigrant Songs, released September 29, 2023
Words and Music by Brendan Graham
© Peermusic III Ltd

WL – Lead Vocals, Baritone Ukulele
BP – Bass Guitar
SM – Acoustic Guitar
TB – Whistle, Uilleann Pipes
FC – Harmony Vocals

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Wolf Loescher Longmont, Colorado

Wolf Loescher is a singer / storyteller based in Longmont, Colorado. He sings songs and tells stories from the Old World and the New, accompanying himself on his custom 8-string Irish bouzouki, tenor guitar, bodhran, and foot percussion. He is often joined by fabulous musicians from around the country in his backing band “The Growlers.” ... more

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