Luyện nghe bài hát John Brown

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

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

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

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

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

She smiled and she went 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 not believe her eyes

Oh, his face was all shot up and his hand blown away
And he wore a 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, me what they've done
How is it that you come to be way?"
He his best to talk but his mouth could hardly move
And his mother had to turn her away

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

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

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

As he turned away to go, his mother was slow
Seein' the metal brace that helped him
But as he turned to leave, he his mother close
And he dropped his down into her hand