Luyện nghe bài hát Kiri's Piano

Of all of Kiri Ito's joys, the she loved the best
Was to her prized piano when the sun had gone to rest
I used to hear the notes down along the silent water
As Kiri played the notes and scales for her sons and daughters
Now me I played piano not as good as Kiri
She went in for that long haired but my she played it pretty
The old piano had a tone would set my heart to
It always sounded sweetest though it was Kiri playing
In when the seventh fleet was turned to smoke and ashes
The order to confiscate their fishing boats and caches
And Kiri's husband forced to go and work in camps
And Kiri alone to fend and hold the fort as best she can
But the music did not as often from up the cove at Kiri's house
And when it did it sounded haunted with worry played with doubt
For Kiri knew that soon she too would be compelled to
And the old upright would behind and Kiri she would grieve
I loaded Kiri on the bus with internees
The crime that they were guilty of was that they not like me
And if I was ashamed I didn't it at the time
They were flotsam on the wave of war they were no of mine
I went up to house to tag all their belongings
And set them out for auctioneers who'd claim them in the
One that I thought I'd keep and hold back for myself
Was that haunting ivory that Kiri played so well
But Kiri had not left it there for me to take as
She'd rolled it onto the dock and on into the harbor
That old upright in hands was a thought she couldn't bear
So she consigned it to the sea to settle the
So many years have come and gone since relocation
I look now upon that time with shame and resignation
For Kiri knew what I did not that if we must be
Then we must sacrifice to gain our dignity
Yes knew what I did not that if we must be free
Then sometimes we must to gain our dignity