Luyện nghe bài hát Esther

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

His grin stretched the folds of his white cheeks
And his hurled a dollop 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 stared at the bewildered
Then he lifted the for the young girl to see
And a giant smile on his face

She saw the doll's eyes and she resist
And she the man quickly and ran to the church
And she burst the door with puppet held high
And a hush filled the chapel and the people looked

Esther tried in to pacify the mob
Quibble to spat, to wrangle, then to brawl
The frenzied congregation struggled to fetch
The pretty puppet nestled deep in Esther's leather sack

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

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

higher over the hills
And the and treetops they'd flutter and glide
Soaring and turning on air
the earth far below them they'd tumble
And dive the clouds

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

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

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 joggers up to knock her down

As Esther stood and shook her head the 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 heavy clothing from her

Naked now she made her way the shore
When suddenly she felt a tugging at her toe
And the puppet she'd forgotten wrapped its
Little arms around her and wouldn't let her go

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