Luyện nghe bài hát When Lilly Was Queen

(Ray Locorriere/Ron Haffkine)

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

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

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

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

Pearl still standin' by the woodstove
Talkin' to a pot of fatback and
years later, still cookin' a spread
But there's no reunion 'cause the family's dead
They her baby at the age of 13
Left her livin' in the days when was queen

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

Lilly Pearl, you never gonna your baby?
Lilly Pearl, never let you see your child?
Lilly Pearl, they say he run and left you crazy
But ooh ooh your man had a smile

(c) 1973 Blackwood Inc., & Reekooh Music