Luyện nghe bài hát Esther

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

His grin stretched the folds of his pasty cheeks
And his lips a dollop of murk on the curb
And the lights from the rides a mischievous sparkle
That flashed in his hollow eyed

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

And he stood looking down at the girl
And she stared at the bucket
Then he lifted the for the young girl to see
And a giant smile grew on his

She saw the eyes and she couldn't resist
And she thanked the man and ran to the church
And she burst through the door puppet held high
And a hush filled the chapel and the looked mean

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

the window of the church, a storm began to rage
And knew the time had come to flee
She scurried the aisle toward the doorway in the distance
And out into the rainstorm where she 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 houses and the and the chimneys
And Esther and the doll were set

Floating higher over the
And the and treetops they'd flutter and glide
Soaring and turning on air
With the earth far below them they'd
And through the clouds

And she began to earthward
Till she landed in the part of town
She glanced about the sure to find the evil men
Who rob and pillage in the hour of night

Nervously she fumbled for the pouch held the puppet on her rump
Feeling outnumbered Esther hid behind
A nearby pile of lumber, where she waited till the
'Cause it would have a blunder
To succumb to a hoodlum on the

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

As stood and shook her head the joggers were approaching
And she knew she had no left but to swim
As the frosty water sank its bitter teeth into her
She tried to slide the clothing from her skin

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

The waves seemed to and swallow her whole
As the doll pulled her down the eerie green deep
And the sound of the laughing old man filled her
As she drifted away to a tranquil and motionless