Luyện nghe bài hát Mr. Shorty

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

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

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

There in his blue eyes was
comes from the need of a friend
And tho' he tried, he still hide
The loneliness there deep

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

And I could tell he was for trouble
From the way that he came in
He told me to Shorty there by himself
Come and wait on a man

The of the little man narrowed
The disappeared from his face
Gone was the friendliness that I had
And a wild look of hate took its

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

When the little man spoke, was stillness
He sure that everyone heard
Slowly he stepped away the bar
And I remember these words

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

His was already positioned
Feet wide on the floor
I noticed but there on his hip
Was a short bass forty-four

It was plain, he was and waitin'
He leaned a bit forward and
"When you call me Shorty, say Mister, my
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
death would wait ten seconds more

He cussed or twice in a whisper
And he said with a snarl on his
Nobody's Mister to me, man
And he grabbed for the gun on his

But the little man's was like lightning
The bass was the same
The forty-four spoke and it lead and smoke
And inches of flame

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

The little man there a moment
Then holstered the bass
It's always way so I never stay
Slowly he walked out the

Nobody where he came from
They won't forget he by
They forget how a forty-four gun
One night the difference in size

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