Luyện nghe bài hát Esther

It was late one night at a fairground near town
When Esther saw the Armenian man
Who groveled toward her and stood by her
With a bucket that swung in his

His grin stretched the of his pasty white cheeks
And his lips hurled a of murk on the curb
And the from the rides showed a mischievous sparkle
That flashed in his eyed stare

He said, "Little girl, you can off my legs
And then off my socks if you want to
But I'd rather you this old puppet from me
I hold in my pail as we speak"

And he looking down at the innocent girl
And she at the bucket bewildered
Then he lifted the doll for the young to see
And a giant smile on his face

She saw the doll's eyes and she couldn't
And she thanked the man and ran to the church
And she burst the door with puppet held high
And a hush filled the and the people looked mean

Esther in vain to pacify the mob
grew to spat, to wrangle, then to brawl
The frenzied congregation struggled to fetch
The pretty puppet snugly nestled deep in Esther's leather

Through the window of the church, a storm to rage
And Esther the time had come to flee
She down the aisle toward the doorway in the distance
And out into the rainstorm she felt she would be free

But the was blowing harder
And her skirt began to billow, until her feet began to lift
And she rose above the and the people and the chimneys
And Esther and the doll set adrift

higher over the hills
And the valleys and treetops they'd flutter and
Soaring and suspended on air
the earth far below them they'd tumble
And through the clouds

And she began to plummet
Till she landed in the nasty part of
She about the village sure to find the evil men
Who rob and pillage in the darkest hour of

Nervously she fumbled for the pouch that held the on her rump
Feeling quite outnumbered Esther hid
A pile of lumber, where she waited till the dawn
'Cause it have been a blunder
To succumb to a on the prowl

When the morning came, she wandered the streets
Along the chilly that lay beside the town
At last a peaceful moment, but she thought she heard a
It was an angry mob of coming up to knock her down

As Esther stood and shook her head the were approaching
And she knew she had no choice but to swim
As the water sank its bitter teeth into her hide
She tried to slide the heavy clothing from her

Naked now she her way toward the shore
When suddenly she felt a tiny at her toe
And the puppet forgotten wrapped its tiny
arms around her ankle and wouldn't let her go

The waves to open and swallow her whole
As the doll her down through the eerie green deep
And the sound of the laughing old man her ears
As she drifted to a tranquil and motionless sleep