Luyện nghe bài hát Mr. Shorty

Nobody knew where he came
only knew he came in
Slowly he to the end of the bar
And he ordered up one of gin

Well, I could see he wasn't a large man
I could tell that he wasn't too
I judged him to be five foot three
And his voice was a soft Texas

Said he was needin' wages
'Fore he ride for the west
Said he could do most all kind of
Said he could ride with the

There in his blue was sadness
That comes the need of a friend
And he tried, he still couldn't hide
The loneliness there within

Said he would work the winter
For thirty a and his board
I started to say he might land a job
When a fellow came in through the

And I tell he was lookin' for trouble
From the way that he came in
He me to leave Shorty there by himself
Come and wait on a man

The eyes of the man narrowed
The disappeared from his face
Gone was the friendliness I had seen
And a wild of hate took its place

But the big one to mock him
And he me that I'd better go
Find him a of glasses of milk
Then maybe would grow

the little man spoke, there was stillness
He made sure that everyone
Slowly he stepped from the bar
And I still remember these

Oh, it's plain that you're lookin' for
Trouble's what I try to
If that's what you want, then what you'll get
'Cause cowboy, we're packin' guns

His hand was positioned
Feet apart on the floor
I hadn't but there on his hip
Was a short barreled bass

It was plain, he was ready and
He leaned a bit and said
"When you call me Shorty, say Mister, my
Maybe rather be dead"

In the was a terrible silence
As the big one stepped out on the
All stopped and the tick of the clock
Said death wait ten seconds more

He cussed or twice in a whisper
And he said with a snarl on his
Nobody's Mister to me, man
And he grabbed for the gun on his

But the little man's was like lightning
The forty-four was the same
The forty-four spoke and it sent lead and
And inches of flame

For the big one had never cleared
Beaten before he could
A little round hole had appeared on his
The went clear through his heart

The little man stood a moment
Then holstered the forty-four
It's this way so I never stay
Slowly he out the door

Nobody knew he came from
They won't forget he by
They won't how a forty-four gun
One night made the difference in

As for me, I'll remember the
Shown in the of the man
If we meet someday, you can bet I say
it's me, Mr. Shorty, your friend