Luyện nghe bài hát Esther (alternate Version)

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

His grin stretched the of his pasty white cheeks
And his lips hurled a dollop of murk on the
And the lights from the rides showed a sparkle
flashed in his hollow eyed stare

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

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

She saw the doll's and she couldn't resist
And she thanked the man quickly and ran to the
And she burst through the door with puppet held
And a hush filled the chapel and the people mean

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

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

But the wind was harder
And her began to billow, until finally her feet began to lift
And she rose above the and the people and the chimneys
And Esther and the doll were set

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

And she began to earthward
Till she landed in the nasty 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 quite Esther hid behind
A nearby pile of lumber, she waited till the dawn
it would have been a blunder
To to a hoodlum on the prowl

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

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

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

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