
Date of issue: 31.12.1998
Song language: English
The Gift |
A poor orphan girl named Maria |
Was walking to market one day |
She stopped for to rest by the roadside |
Where a bird with a broken wing lay |
A few moments passed till she saw it For it’s feathers were covered with sand |
But soon clean and wrapped it was travelling |
In the warmth of Maria’s small hand |
She happily gave her last peso |
On a cage made of rushes and twine |
She fed it loose corn from the market |
And watched it grow stronger with time |
Now the Christmas Eve service was coming |
And the church shone with tinsel and light |
And all of the townfolks brought presents |
To lay by the manger that night |
There were diamonds and incense |
And perfumes |
In packages fit for a king |
But for one ragged bird in a small cage |
Maria had nothing to bring |
She waited till just before midnight |
So no one would see her go in And crying she knelt by the manger |
For her gift was unworthy of Him |
Then a voice spoke to her through the darkness |
Maria, what brings you to me If the bird in the cage is your offering |
Open the door and let me see |
Though she trembled, she did as He ask her |
And out of the cage the bird flew |
Soaring up into the rafters |
On a wing that had healed good as new |
Just then the midnight bells rang out |
And the little bird started to sing |
A song that no words could recapture |
Whose beauty was fit for a king |
Now Maria felt blessed just to listen |
To that cascade of notes sweet and long |
As her offering was lifted to heaven |
By the very first nightingale’s song |
Name | Year |
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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | 1993 |
White Christmas | 1993 |
Singing the Blues | 1993 |
Pretty Paper | 1993 |
I Need More Of You ft. Daniel O' Donnell, Paulette Carlson | 2006 |
Give a Little Love | 1997 |
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 1993 |
My Donegal Shore | 1992 |
Silver Bells | 1993 |
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree | 1993 |
When a Child Is Born | 1993 |