Luyện nghe bài hát John Brown

John went off to war to fight on a foreign shore
His sure was proud of him
He so straight and tall in his uniform and all
His mama's face out into 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 what the captain says, lot of medals you get
We'll put them on the wall you get home"

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

She got a letter once in a while, her face into a smile
She showed them to the people from door
They about her son with his uniform and gun
And these things you called a old fashioned war

Then the letters ceased to come, for a time they did not come
Ceased to come for about ten or more
Then when finally came saying, "Go down and meet the train
Your son is coming from the war"

She smiled and she went right down, she 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 not believe her eyes

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

"Oh, tell me, my darling son, tell me what done
How is it that you to be this way?"
He tried his best to talk but his mouth could hardly
And his mother had to her face away

"Don't you remember, ma, when I off to war
You it was the best thing I could do?
I was on the battleground, you were home, proud
You there standing in my shoes

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

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

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