NA KAHIKO MA NA HENIKA e John McCutcheon

ʻO Francis Tolliver koʻu inoa, no Liverpool mai wau. ʻElua mau makahiki i hala aku nei ke kali nei ke kaua iaʻu ma hope o ke kula. I Pelekiuma a i Flanders, i Kelemania i aneʻi ua kaua no King a me ka ʻāina aʻu i aloha nui ai. ʻOiai Kalikimaka i loko o nā ʻauwaha, kahi e kau ai ka hau hau, noho mau nā māla maloʻo o Palani, ʻaʻohe mele Kalikimaka i mele ʻia ʻO ko mākou mau ʻohana ma ʻEnelani e hoʻokipa nei iā mākou i kēlā lā ʻO kā lākou mau keiki koa a hanohano hoʻi i kahi mamao loa. E moe ana wau me kuʻu hoa hana ma ke kahua anu a me ka pōhaku I ka wā o ke kaua i hele mai ai kahi kani ʻano ʻē loa e ʻōlelo ana iaʻu, "E hoʻolohe, e nā keiki!" Ua paʻakikī kēlā me kēia koa e lohe i ka leo o kahi leo Kelemania ʻōpio mōakāka. "Ke mele maikaʻi nei ʻo ia i ke koko, maopopo iā ʻoe!" I ʻōlelo mai kaʻu hoa iaʻu ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, ua hui like kēlā me kēia leo Kelemania i ka pau ʻana o lākou a ua hoʻomaha ʻia kahi manawa hoʻomana "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" hahau kekahi mau keiki mai Kent ʻO kā lākou mele aʻe ʻo "Stille Nacht." "Tis" Silent Night "," wahi a I A i loko o nā alelo ʻelua ua piha kahi mele i kēlā lani "Aia kekahi e hele mai nei iā mākou!" Ua uē ka poʻe kiaʻi o ka laina mua i luna i kahi kiʻi lōʻihi e hele mai ana mai kā lākou ʻaoʻao ʻO kāna hae hae, e like me ka hōkū Kalikimaka, i hōʻike ʻia ma kēlā pā. mālamalama ʻoiai ʻo ia, me ka wiwo ʻole, hele wāwae ʻole i ka pō ʻAʻole hele pōkole kekahi ma kēlā ʻaoʻao a kēia ʻaoʻao i ka ʻāina ʻo No Man Me ka pū ʻole a me ka bayonet hui pū mākou ma laila me ka lima Ua hāʻawi mākou iā lākou i Gehena. Ua kālepa mākou i nā kokoleka, nā paka, a me nā kiʻi mai ka home ʻO kēia mau keikikāne an ʻo nā makuakāne mamao loa mai nā ʻohana o kā lākou mau ʻōpio Sanders ponoʻī i hoʻokani i kāna pahu paina a he violin kā lākou o kēia pūʻulu hoihoi a ʻaʻohe paha o ke kāne ʻAʻole i ʻaihue ʻia ke ao iā mākou a ʻo Farani ʻo Palani i kahi manawa hou. Ua haʻalulu ka nīnau i kēlā me kēia puʻuwai e noho ana i kēlā pō kupaianaha "ʻO wai ka ʻohana naʻu i hoʻokau i loko o kaʻu mau hiʻohiʻona?" ʻO Kalikimaka ia i nā ʻauwaha kahi i kau ai ka hau, a ʻawaʻawa loa hoʻi Ua mālama lākou i nā paia ma waena o mākou e koi i ka hana o ke kaua Ua haki a ua hala mau loa koʻu inoa ʻo Francis Tolliver, ma Liverpool Noho wau i kēlā me kēia Kalikimaka mai ke Kaua Honua Honua, ua aʻo maikaʻi wau i kāna mau haʻawina. ʻaʻole ma waena o ka poʻe make a ʻoʻopa nā pū kīkē A ma kēlā me kēia hopena o ka pū panapana ua like mākou