[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:22.02]John Brown went off to war to fight on a foreign shore [00:24.75]His mama sure was proud of him [00:27.36]He stood straight and tall in his uniform and all [00:29.97]His mama's face broke out all in a grin [00:32.07]"Oh son, you look so fine, I'm glad you're a son of mine [00:35.22]You make me proud to know you hold a gun [00:37.71]Do what the captain says, lots of medals you will get [00:40.50]And we'll put them on the wall when you come home" [00:43.08]As that old train pulled out, John's ma began to shout [00:46.38]Tellin' ev'ryone in the neighborhood [00:48.24]"That's my son that's about to go, he's a soldier now, you know" [00:51.06]She made well sure her neighbors understood [01:02.71]She got a letter once in a while and her face broke into a smile [01:05.59]As she showed them to the people from next door [01:08.17]And she bragged about her son with his uniform and gun [01:10.87]And these things you called a good old-fashioned war [01:13.00]Oh, good old-fashioned war [01:13.51]Then the letters ceased to come, for a long time they did not come [01:16.12]They ceased to come for about ten months or more [01:18.64]Then a letter finally came saying, "Go down and meet the train [01:21.31]Your son's a-coming home from the war" [01:24.52]She smiled and went right down, she looked everywhere around [02:06.83]But she could not see her soldier son in sight [02:10.76]But as all the people passed, she saw her son at last [02:13.43]When she did she could hardly believe her eyes [02:15.68]Oh his face was all shot up and his hand was all blown off [02:18.83]And he wore a metal brace around his waist [02:21.44]He whispered kind of slow, in a voice she did not know [02:24.05]While she couldn't even recognize his face [02:26.81]Oh, lord, not even recognize his face [02:29.90]"Oh tell me, my darling son, pray tell me what they done [02:33.38]How is it you come to be this way?" [02:35.18]He tried his best to talk but his mouth could hardly move [02:37.10]And the mother had to turn her face away [02:40.76]"Don't you remember, Ma, when I went off to war [02:43.70]You thought it was the best thing I could do? [02:46.04]I was on the battleground, you were home... acting proud [02:49.46]You wasn't there standing in my shoes" [02:51.26]"Oh, and I thought when I was there, God, what am I doing here? [02:53.87]I'm a-tryin' to kill somebody or die tryin' [02:56.36]But the thing that scared me most was when my enemy came close [03:09.86]And I saw that his face looked just like mine" [03:17.90]Oh, lord, just like mine [03:26.69]"And I couldn't help but think, through the thunder rolling and stink [03:41.66]That I was just a puppet in a play [03:43.91]And through the roar and smoke, this string is finally broke [03:46.88]And a cannon ball blew my eyes away" [03:49.16]As he turned away to walk, his Ma was still in shock [03:52.10]At seein' the metal brace that helped him stand [03:54.29]But as he turned to go, he called his mother close [03:57.02]And he dropped his medals down into her hand