Luyện nghe bài hát Betty And Dupree

Betty told Dupree, "I want a ring"
Betty Dupree, "I want a diamond ring"
Dupree Betty, "I'll give you most anything"

He said, "Lie down, little Betty, see tomorrow brings"
He said, "Lie down, Betty, see what tomorrow brings"
It may bring sunshine, may bring you that ring"

Then he got his pistol, went to the jewelry
he got his pistol, went to the jewelry store
Killed a policeman and he four or five more

Then he went to the post to get the evening mail
Then he to the post office to get the evening mail
Sheriff caught poor and put him in that old Atlanta jail

Dupree's mother to Betty, "Looka' here what you done done"
Dupree's mother to Betty, "Looka' here what you done done
my boy rob and steal, now he is gonna be hung"

Betty went to the jailhouse, she could not see
Betty went to the jailhouse, she could not see
She told the jailer, "Tell him words for me

I come to see you, baby, I could not see your
I come to see you, baby, I could not see face
You know I love you, but I cannot your place"

Sail on, sail on, sail on, Dupree, on
Sail on, sail on, sail on, Dupree, on
You mind sailing, you'll be gone so doggone long

and Dupree traditional

Dupree was a he was so brave and bol'
He stoled a diamond ring for some of jelly roll
Betty Dupree, "I want a diamond ring"
tol' Betty, "I'll give you anything"

"Michigan taste like cherry wine
The reason I know, Betty it all the time
"I'm away to the end of the railroad track
Nothing but Betty can bring me back

tol' the lawyer, "Clear me if you can
For I money to back me, sure as I'm a man
The tol' Dupree, you are a very brave man
But I you will go to jail and hang"

Dupree tol' the judge, "I am not so brave and
But all I was Betty's jelly roll"
The judge tol' Dupree, "Jelly roll's be your ruin
"No, no, judge, for is what I done quit doing"

The judge tol' Dupree, "I believe you quit too
it is already your fate