A poor orphan girl Maria Was walking to one day She stopped for to by the roadside Where a with a broken wing lay A few passed till she saw it For its feathers were with sand And soon cleaned and it was traveling In the warmth of Maria's small
She happily her last peso On a cage of rushes and twine She fed it loose corn from the And watched it stronger with time
Now the gift-giving service was And the church with tinsel and light And all of the brought presents To lay by the that night
There diamonds, incense and perfumes And fit for a king But for one ragged in a small cage Maria had to bring
She waited till before midnight So no one see her go in And she knelt by the manger For her gift was of him
Then a voice spoke to her the darkness "Maria, what you to me? If the in the cage is your offering the door, let me see"
So she trembled, she did as he her And out of the cage the bird Soaring up the rafters On a wing that had good as new
then the midnight bells rang out And the little started to sing A that no words could recapture For its beauty was fit for a
Now Maria felt blessed just to To that of notes sweet and long As her was lifted to heaven By the very nightingale's song
(Stephanie Davis) 1990 EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Beartooth Music. All Controlled and administered by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)
and accordion: Gordie Sampson Violin: Dukov Larry Corbett Oboe and flute: Jon Violin, cello, and flute arranged and conducted by David
Leader: David Contractor: Suzie Katayama Violin: Bruce Dukov (concertmaster), Campo, Susan Chatman, Mario De Leon, Berj Garabedian, Peter Kent, Rachel Purkin, Michelle Richards, Mark Robertson Viola: Evan Wilson, Kazi Pitelka, Buffum, Matt Funes Larry Corbett, Dan Smith Bass: Stone Woodwinds: Jon