Luyện nghe bài hát Leon McDuff

Ladies and gentlemen of the
I before you to plead for the life of Leon McDuff
Ladies and gentlemen on the
I asking you to be the judge of when is enough

Now Leon McDuff has worked on his daddy's farm since the day that he was born
Plowing in the fields and hoeing in the garden and helping pick the cotton and the
Then came the time of the Mississippi floods and all of his work went the drain
The land was parched by the sun and blown by the wind and washed away by the rain

So he went to his friends to get some help from them but their and their money was all gone
So he to the bank to mortgage his home but the bank wouldn't give Leon a loan
He could not decide how his family would with no crops and no money to buy food
And as he struggled with his to rework his land the notice came that said his land tax was due

Now in an air-conditioned office on the other side of town sat a official with a frown
'Cause he'd been trying for so long to find land to build a summer home but cheap river land not be found
Then in the middle of his gloom his walked in the room and said I've got some real good news for the house you've planned
There's a farmer who's so poor and luck has run so sour that he can not pay the taxes on his land

So you wait a week or two 'til the money's over due then go to the cashier down the hall
his deed in your hand pay the taxes on the land have the sheriff give Leon McDuff a call
Have him tell Leon to move by the last day of July the taxes on his land are overdue
Tell him he has to move away 'cause the taxes were not paid all his river land belongs to you

Now in air-conditioned office in about a week or two came the sheriff saying I've got some bad news
That McDuff says he's had some bad luck and he'll try to get the money but he aint agonna' move
That he jumped up and grabbed the sheriff by the arm he said we're going down to take that land today
So he and the sheriff drove down to Leon's farm to tell the to move away

There stood Leon on his with a shotgun in his hand, his eyes narrowed 'neath the brim of his hat
He "I've worked hard on this land as a boy and as a man I aint gonna lose it to no god damned bureaucrat."
Well that bureaucrat got mad and the gun in Leon's hand and in the struggle an explosion cracked the air
And when the smoke and dust had cleared and the ringing left ears, the sheriff lay a dying on the ground

Now on this I will lay, this gun "Exhibit A" with two sets of fingerprints as you can see
But hands were here unperceived by eye or ear that helped trigger off this awful tragedy
Now to me its still unclear just what really caused the problem
There's much too much we've got to before we know enough
So we can't find out where all the guilt should lay but it shouldn't be on Leon McDuff