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It was late one fall night at a fairground near town
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When Esther first saw the Armenian man
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Who groveled toward her and stood by her side
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With a bucket that swung in his hand
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His grin stretched the folds of his pasty white cheeks
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And his lips hurled a dollop of murk on the curb
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And the lights from the rides showed a mischievous sparkle
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That flashed in his hollow eyed stare
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He said "Little girl, you can chop off my legs
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And then peel off my socks if you want to.
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But I'd rather you took this old puppet from me
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That I hold in my pail as we speak."
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And he stood looking down at the innocent girl
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And she stared at the bucket bewildered
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Til he lifted the doll for the young girl to see
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And a giant smile grew on his face
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She saw the doll's eyes and she couldn't resist
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And she thanked the man quickly and ran to the church
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And she burst through the door with puppet held high
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And a hush filled the chapel, and the people looked mean
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Esther tried in vain to pacify the mob
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Quibble grew to spat, to wrangle, then to brawl
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The frenzied congregation struggled desperately to fetch
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The pretty puppet snugly nestled deep in Esther's leather sack
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Through the window of the church a storm began to rage
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And Esther knew the time had come to flee
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She scurried down the aisle toward the doorway in the distance
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And out into the rainstorm where she felt she would be free
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But the wind was blowing harder
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And her skirt began to billow
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Until finally her feet began to lift
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And she rose above the people and the houses
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and the chimneys
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And Esther and the doll were set adrift
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Floating higher over the hills, and the valleys and treetops
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they'd flutter and glide
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Soaring and turning suspended on air
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With the earth far below them they'd tumble
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And dive through the clouds
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And she began to plummet earthward till she
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Landed in the nasty part of town
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She glanced about the village sure to find the evil men
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Who rob and pillage in the darkest hour of night
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Nervously she fumbled for the pouch that held the
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Puppet on her rump.
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Feeling quite outnumbered Esther hid behind
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A nearby pile of lumber, where she waited
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Till the dawn
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Cause it would have been a blunder to
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Succumb to a hoodlum on the prowl
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When the morning came, she wandered through the streets
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Along the chilly lake that lay beside the town
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At last a peaceful moment, but she thought she heard a sound
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It was an angry mob of joggers coming up to knock her down
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As Esther stood and shook her head
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The joggers were approaching
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And she knew she had no choice left but to swim
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As the frosty water sank its bitter teeth into her hide
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She tried to slide the heavy clothing from her skin
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Naked now she made her way toward the shore
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When suddenly she felt a tiny tugging at her toe.
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And the puppet she'd forgotten wrapped its tiny
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Little arms around her ankle and wouldn't let her go.
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The waves seemed to open and swallow her whole
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As the doll pulled her down through the eerie green deep
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And the sound of the laughing old man filled her ears
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As she drifted away to a tranquil
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And motionless sleep.
Esther
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