Adam Brand - Grandpa's Piano

Grandpa had a piano it was built in 1904

He brought it down from Sydney town before the First World War

He'd sit down and crack his knuckles put his glasses on his head

When he'd start to play the cat would run and hide behind the bed



Well his right foot stomped the pedals and his left foot stomped the floor

His wrinkled hands would skip the keys that wouldn't play no more

He'd play Onward Christian Soldiers and the window panes would shake

When the man of 87 played his old 88



The piano sat in a corner on a sagging hardwood floor

On top was a frame I made for him with a picture of the Lord.

A faded baptist hymnal took it's place above the keys

We'd take turns sitting by him he'd nod we'd turn the page



Well the old piano's silent now it don't ring with joy no more

Except sometimes when the cat jumps down when there's someone at the door

I can see him up in heaven with a smile upon his face

When God and all the angels let him lead Amazing Grace