Luyện nghe bài hát Mr. Shorty

Nobody knew he came from
They only knew he in
he walked to the end of the bar
And he up one slug of gin

Well, I could see that he a large man
I could tell that he too tall
I judged him to be 'bout foot three
And his voice was a soft drawl

Said he was needin' some
'Fore he could ride for the
he could do most all kind of work
Said he ride with the best

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

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

And I could tell he was for trouble
From the way he came stompin' in
He told me to leave Shorty there by
down and wait on a man

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

But the big one to mock him
And he told me I'd better go
Find him a couple of glasses of
Then Shorty would grow

When the man spoke, there was stillness
He made sure that heard
Slowly he stepped from the bar
And I still these words

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

His was already positioned
wide apart on the floor
I hadn't noticed but on his hip
Was a short barreled forty-four

It was plain, he was ready and
He leaned a bit forward and
"When you me Shorty, say Mister, my friend
Maybe you'd 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 would wait ten more

He cussed or twice in a whisper
And he said with a snarl on his
Mister to me, little man
And he for the gun on his hips

But the little man's hands was like
The bass forty-four was the
The forty-four and it sent lead and smoke
And seventeen inches of

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

The man stood there a moment
Then the bass forty-four
It's always this way so I never
Slowly he out the door

knew where he came from
They forget he came by
They won't how a forty-four gun
One night made the difference in

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