Luyện nghe bài hát Mr. Shorty

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

Well, I could see he wasn't a large man
I could tell that he too tall
I judged him to be five foot three
And his voice was a Texas drawl

Said he was needin' wages
he could ride for the west
Said he could do all kind of work
Said he ride with the best

There in his eyes was sadness
That comes from the of a friend
And tho' he tried, he still couldn't
The loneliness there deep

Said he would through the winter
For thirty a and his board
I started to say where he might a job
When a fellow came in through the

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

The eyes of the man narrowed
The smile from his face
Gone was the that I had seen
And a wild look of hate its place

But the big one continued to him
And he told me that I'd go
Find him a couple of of milk
Then maybe Shorty would

When the little man spoke, there was
He made sure everyone heard
Slowly he away from the bar
And I still remember words

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

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

It was plain, he was and waitin'
He a bit forward and said
"When you me Shorty, say Mister, my friend
Maybe you'd be dead"

In the room was a terrible
As the big one out on the floor
All drinkin' and the tick of the clock
Said death would wait ten more

He once 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 was the same
The forty-four spoke and it lead and smoke
And seventeen inches of

For the big one had never leather
Beaten before he could
A little round hole had appeared on his
The bullet went clear his heart

The little man there a moment
holstered the bass forty-four
It's always this way so I stay
Slowly he out the door

knew where he came from
They won't he came by
They won't forget how a gun
One night made the in size

As for me, remember the sadness
in the eyes of the man
If we someday, you can bet I would say
it's me, Mr. Shorty, your friend