Luyện nghe bài hát When Lilly Was Queen

(Ray Sawyer/Dennis Haffkine)

Lilly Pearl standin' by the
Cookin' up a pot of fatback and
Aprons outta Martha White flour sack
Them was the days when Lilly was

gonna be a family reunion
Down around River Park
Lilly got a brand new baby say
Jesse Brown had to up and run
It might as well 'cause nobody came
Jesse so fast the baby got no name

Lilly Pearl, what'cha gonna your baby?
Lilly Pearl, what'cha gonna name your
Lilly Pearl, they say he run away and left you
But ooh ooh your man had a smile

Pearl told most folks
She could raise her fine without a man
But she cried at the to her kin folk
Her people cried with her, but did they

Lilly still standin' by the woodstove
Talkin' to a pot of and beans
years later, still cookin' a spread
But there's no reunion 'cause the family's mostly
They took her at the age of 13
Left her livin' in the when Lilly was queen

Pearl, did you ever name your baby?
Lilly Pearl, do you miss your child?
Lilly Pearl, his daddy run away and you crazy
But ooh ooh your man had a pretty

Lilly Pearl, you gonna know your baby?
Lilly Pearl, they let you see your child?
Lilly Pearl, they say he run away and left you
But ooh ooh your man had a pretty

(c) 1973 Blackwood Inc., & Reekooh Music