Luyện nghe bài hát My Child

MRS
HELLO, MRS J. HOW ARE
MRS J.? ANYTHING

MRS
I HAD IT ALL OUT.
WITH ONE MORE BABY WE HAVE MANAGED.
BUT NOT WITH TWO, THE WELFARE HAVE ALREADY ON TO ME.

MRS
YOU'RE EXPECTING TWINS?

HOW AN IDEA, PLANTED, CAN
TAKE ROOT AND GROW A PLAN.
THE THOUGHT CONCEIVED IN THIS VERY
GREW AS AS A SEED, IN A MOTHER'S WOMB

MRS
ONE OF THEM TO ME.
PLEASE, MRS JOHNSTONE. PLEASE.

MRS
ARE Y'.... ARE Y' THAT TO HAVE A BABY?

MRS
DAY I LOOK OUT FROM THIS WINDOW
I SEE HIM WITH HIS FRIENDS, I HIM CALL,
I RUSH DOWN BUT AS I FOLD MY ARMS HIM
HE'S GONE. WAS HE THERE AT ALL?

I'VE DREAMED OF ALL THE I WOULD TAKE HIM
THE GAMES PLAY THE STORIES I WOULD TELL
THE WE'D SHARE, THE CLOTHING I WOULD MAKE HIM
I OUT. BUT AS I DO, HE FADES AWAY.

MRS
IF MY CHILD WAS I A PALACE LIKE THIS ONE
HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY
HIS NEXT MEAL WAS COMIN'

HIS CLOTHING BE
BY GEORGE HENRY LEE

MRS
HAVE ALL HIS OWN TOYS
AND A TO PLAY IN

MRS
HE COULD MAKE TOO MUCH
THE NEIGHBOURS COMPLAININ'

MRS
SILVER TRAYS TO TAKE ON

MRS
A BIKE WITH BOTH ON?

MRS
AND HE'D EVERY NIGHT
IN A BED OF HIS OWN

MRS
HE WOULDN'T GET FIGHTS
LEAVE MATCHES ALONE
AND YOU'D NEVER HIM
AND BLINDIN'
AND WHEN HE UP
HE NEVER BE TOLD
TO STAND AND UP
FOR ON END AT THE DOLE
HE'D UP TO BE

MRS LYONS / MRS
A TO ME

MRS
TO

MRS
YES.

MRS
I WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE HIM EVERY DAY,
I?

MRS
OF

MRS
AN'.... AN' YOU LOOK AFTER HIM,
Y'?

MRS
I'D KEEP HIM IN THE WINTER
AND COOL WHEN IT
I'D OUT HIS SPLINTERS
MAKING HIM CRY
I'D BE THERE
IF HIS DREAM BECAME A

MRS JOHNSTONE & MRS
MY
MY
MY

MRS
MRS J. WE MUST MAKE THIS A AGREEMENT.

IN THE OF JESUS, THE THING WAS DONE,
NOW NO GOING BACK, FOR ANYONE,
IT'S TOO LATE NOW FOR FEELING
THERE'S A PACT SEALED,
A DEAL BEEN BORN.