Luyện nghe bài hát My Child

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

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

MRS
TWINS? YOU'RE TWINS?

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

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

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

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

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

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

HIS CLOTHING BE
SUPPLIED BY GEORGE LEE

MRS
HE'D ALL HIS OWN TOYS
AND A TO PLAY IN

MRS
HE COULD MAKE TOO MUCH
THE NEIGHBOURS COMPLAININ'

MRS
TRAYS TO TAKE MEALS ON

MRS
A BIKE BOTH WHEELS ON?

MRS
AND SLEEP EVERY NIGHT
IN A BED OF HIS OWN

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

MRS LYONS / MRS
A TO ME

MRS
TO

MRS
YES.

MRS
I STILL 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
WITHOUT HIM CRY
I'D ALWAYS BE
IF HIS DREAM BECAME A

MRS JOHNSTONE & MRS
MY
MY
MY

MRS
MRS J. WE MUST MAKE A BINDING AGREEMENT.

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