Luyện nghe bài hát Forefathers

They came from Scandinavia, the land of sun
And crossed the North Atlantic this century was young
They'd heard that in America, every man was
To live the way he chose to live and be who he be

Some of were farmers there and tilled the frozen soil
But all they got was poverty for all their toil
They say one was a sailor, who the wide world round
Made home port, got drunk one night, walked off the pier and

My mother was of Scottish blood, it's there she was born
They brought her to in 1924
They left the Highlands and the heather covered hills
And came to find America broad expectant dreams and iron wills

My dad worked the steel mills of Central Illinois
His was his jewel, his son was just his boy
For thirty years he worked the mills, and stoked the coke fed
And toward the day when he had last turned
and could retire

And the sons become the and their daughters will be wives
As the is passed from hand to hand
And we through our lives
Though the wander, the lineage survives
And all of us, from dust to
We all forefathers by and by

Woman and the man were wed, just the war
And they in this river town and three fine sons she bore
One became a lawyer and one pictures drew
One this lonely soul
Who sits here now and sings this to you

And the sons become the fathers and daughters will be wives
As the torch is passed from hand to
And we through our lives
Though the generations wander, the survives
And all of us, dust to dust
We all forefathers by and by

By and by
By and by