[00:00.00] 作词 : Stephanie Davis[00:00.15] 作曲 : Stephanie Davis[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[03:18.41][03:19.53]-End-