Luyện nghe bài hát John Brown

John Brown went off to war to on a foreign shore
His mama sure was of him
He so straight and tall in his uniform and all
His mama's face broke out a grin

"Oh, son, you look so fine, I'm glad you're a son of
me proud to know you own a gun
Do the captain says, lot of medals you will get
We'll put them on the when you get home"

That old train out, John's ma began to shout
ev'ryone in the neighborhood
"That's my son that's about to go, a soldier now, you know"
She made sure her neighbors understood

She got a once in a while, her face broke into a smile
She showed them to the from next door
They bragged her son with his uniform and gun
And these things you called a good old war

Then the letters ceased to come, for a long they did not come
Ceased to come for ten months or more
Then when letter came saying, "Go down and meet the train
Your son is coming back the war"

She smiled and she right down, she looked up and all around
She did not see her soldier son in
When all the people passed, she saw her son at
When she did she could not her eyes

Oh, his face was all shot up and his hand were blown
And he a metal brace around his waist
He whispered kind of slow, in a voice she know
And she couldn't recognize his face

"Oh, tell me, my son, tell me what they've done
How is it you come to be this way?"
He tried his best to talk but his mouth could move
And his had to turn her face away

"Don't you remember, ma, I went off to war
You thought it was the best I could do?
I was on the battleground, you home, acting proud
You weren't there standing in my

And I thought when I was there, Lord, am I doing here?
Tryin' to somebody or die tryin'
But the thing scared me most, when my enemy came close
I can see that his face looked just mine"

And I couldn't but think, through the thunder rolling and stink
I was just a in a play
And the roar and smoke, this string, it finally broke
And a cannon ball blew my away"

As he turned away to go, his was acting slow
the metal brace that helped him stand
But as he turned to leave, he called his close
And he dropped his medals down her hand