[00:00.30]A poor orphan girl named Maria
[00:05.64]was walking the market one day
[00:10.71]she stopped for to rest by the road side
[00:15.81]where a bird with a broken wing laid
[00:21.03]a few moments passed till she saw it
[00:25.47]for it\'s feathers were covered with sand
[00:30.49]and soon clean and rapped it was traveling
[00:35.45]in the warmth of Maria\'s small hand
[00:40.81]she happily gave her last paso
[00:45.24]of a cage made of freshes and twine
[00:50.08]she fed it loose corn from the market
[00:54.91]watched it grow stronger with time
[00:59.26]now the gift giving service was coming
[01:04.28]and the chruch arm with tinsel and light
[01:09.39]an\' all of the town folk brought presents
[01:14.09]to lay by the manger that night
[01:18.46]there were diamonds, incents and perfumes
[01:23.42]and packages fit for a king
[01:28.04]but for one raged bird in his small cage
[01:32.98]Maria had nothing to bring
[01:37.87]she waited till just before midnight
[01:42.64]so no one would see her go in
[01:47.31]and crying she knelt be the manger
[01:51.80]for her gift was unworthy of him
[01:56.81]then a voice spoke to her through the darkness
[02:01.44]Maria what brings you to me
[02:06.33]if the bird in the cage is your offering
[02:11.39]open the door let me see
[02:15.75]so she trembled she did as he asked her
[02:20.56]an\' out of the cage the bird flew
[02:25.41]soaring up into the rafters
[02:29.85]on a wing that would feel good just new
[02:35.14]an\' just as the midnight bells rang out
[02:39.41]and the little bird started to sing
[02:44.29]a song that no words could recapture
[02:48.84]for its beauty was fit for a king
[02:53.37]now Maria felt blessed just to listen
[02:58.50]to the cascade a note sweet and long
[03:03.10]as her offering was lifted to heaven
[03:07.87]by the very first night in Gales song
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