My sister is a veterinarian with a career that spans more than 30 years. I think of her and all the animals she has helped every time I listen to this song, which I only just discoverd in 2021. Best Garth Brooks I've ever heard!!! Precious song delivered beautifully.....thank you so much for posting it!!!
Lyrics: A poor orphan girl named Maria Was walking to market one day She stopped for a 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 traveling 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 townfolk 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 could 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, let me see Though she trembled, she did as he asked her And out of the cage the bird flew Soaring 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
One of the favorite songs of my life. A client of mine needed this today, so I am grateful to find it here...the real version not some karaoke version. Thanks!
There has only one other place I have found that I have heard birds singing along with the music, which to my thinking helps to understand the truth!!!
Drums, percussion: Milton Sledge Bass: Mike Chapman Acoustic guitar: Mark Casstevens and Chris Leuzinger Keyboards: Bobby Wood Accordion: Joey Miskulin Harmony: Garth Brooks
This is an extremely beautiful song. Garth does not let his recordings be played on RU-vid. In fact, this is the only one of his recordings of him I can find. I can only guess because of its message of Christmas it has been allowed to stay on RU-vid. Again, very beautiful.
I have this song/album on CD, but I really wish I could find it on vinyl to add to my collection. Why is this song so difficult to find, and why is so little mentioned about it on Wikipedia?
@@dizzygypsy turns out you were right. This is the second time I posted this song cuz they took it down, and I also posted another song by Garth which also got taken down. Stupid people
That's an incredibly insignificant comment on a song that we haven't been able to find anywhere on RU-vid until now! It's a gift to hear this song. Listen to the message of the song. Gezzz.
