lirik lagu blair brown - words of helen cohen, emigrated from poland in 1920
i was dreaming to come to america. we had two uncles who came here when they were young men, and right after world war i, they wrote and asked us if we wanted to come to america. but they couldn’t send for the whole family, so they just sent for three of us: my father and i and my younger brother. i was dreaming about it. i wrote to my uncles, “i wish one day i could be in america.”
we were supposed to get on second class, but wе were in third class becausе so many people were going to america, because they opened the doors for everybody right after the war. it was very, very crowded. it was absolutely terrible, and i was sick the whole time. i was very, very sick. i said to my father, “take me on the deck and throw me in the ocean, because i can’t stand it.” but finally we got here. we came to ellis island, and we couldn’t get off the boat because there were so many people on ellis island. they didn’t have enough room for us, so we had to stay on the boat six days. they ran out of food. they only had bread and water. when we finally got on ellis island, my father sent a telegram to his brothers to come and get us. they never got the telegram. they never came and we were worried sick
then they told us if n0body was coming for us, they were sending us back to europe. can you imagine how we felt? my father was crying, he said, “my god, what’s happening? why don’t they come? they don’t want us, or what?” finally my uncle decided something was wrong that they didn’t hear from us. so he had a cousin in new york, so he called that cousin, and he came and he took us off
yes, i was always dreaming of america, and my dream came true. when i came here, i was in a different world. it was so peaceful. it was so wonderful here. it was so quiet. you were not afraid. the doors were open. i’m free, i’m just like a bird. you can fly and land on any tree, and you’re free
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