To America
My Yah Yah came from China
He sailed across the sea
He wanted to come to America to live in the land of
the free
When he arrived in America they would not
Let him in
So he changed his name from Fong to Tong to
Become a citizen
A citizen he would not be
Until one fateful day
He was drafted for the war
And they sent him far away
He went to basic training for ninety days or so
To become a good soldier
Would he survive? He did not know
When training time was over
His assignment would be made
He would fight for his new country
A citizen he became
He was so very happy, he was so very proud
He served his time in World War II
Then he was homeward bound
To San Francisco he did come
He met his wife and then
He had a little family and settled in Oakland
A new life to begin.
The End
I think my Yah Yah was very brave
because he left his native country to start a new life.
He found that life in the United States presented
many challenges, but he did not give up.