Every Thursday I attend Harmonica Circle.
It was Thursday today and I hurried
to the community center.
Five members were absent today. I missed them.
In the morning we nine members practiced 16 songs
on the harmonica until half past 11:00.
Then some of us went home to have lunch.
I went to a restaurant with the others
and had Thursday lunch pasta.
We all gathered at a nursing home for the aged by 1:15.
16 elderly people were waiting for us and we played 16
songs on the harmonica. They were--
うみ・海・夕やけこやけ・かもめの水兵さん・蛍
浦島太郎・ゆりかごの歌・朝はどこから・埴生の宿
山小舎の灯・青葉の笛・影を慕いて・港が見える丘
あの丘越えて・東京ラプソディ・ふるさと
The elderly people sang these songs to our harmonica.
They sang 影を慕いて and ふるさと in a larger voice.
They looked tired in a rather hot room.
Some were wiping the sweat from their faces.
Isn't the air-conditioning working? I wondered.
They didn't look very happy today.
(at 9:00, this morning)
It was Thursday today and I hurried
to the community center.
Five members were absent today. I missed them.
In the morning we nine members practiced 16 songs
on the harmonica until half past 11:00.
Then some of us went home to have lunch.
I went to a restaurant with the others
and had Thursday lunch pasta.
We all gathered at a nursing home for the aged by 1:15.
16 elderly people were waiting for us and we played 16
songs on the harmonica. They were--
うみ・海・夕やけこやけ・かもめの水兵さん・蛍
浦島太郎・ゆりかごの歌・朝はどこから・埴生の宿
山小舎の灯・青葉の笛・影を慕いて・港が見える丘
あの丘越えて・東京ラプソディ・ふるさと
The elderly people sang these songs to our harmonica.
They sang 影を慕いて and ふるさと in a larger voice.
They looked tired in a rather hot room.
Some were wiping the sweat from their faces.
Isn't the air-conditioning working? I wondered.
They didn't look very happy today.
(at 9:00, this morning)