The Gift chords by Mark Bender

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Verse 1
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A poor orphan girl named Maria
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Was walking to market one day
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She stopped for to rest by the roadside
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Where a bird with a broken wing lay
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A few moments passed till she saw it,
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For its feathers were covered with sand.
But soon King and Drafted was traveling,
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In the wands of Maria's small hand.
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She happily gave the last peso
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On a cage made of rashes and trash
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She fed it loose corn from the market
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And watched it grow stronger with time
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Now the Christmas Eve
service was coming,
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And the church shone with tinsel and light,
And all of the town folks brought presents
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To lay by the manger that night.
There were diamonds and
incense and perfumes
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In packages fit for a king
But for one ragged bird in a small cage
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Maria had nothing to bring
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She waited till just before midnight,
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so no one would see her go in
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And crying she knelt by the manger,
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for her gift was unworthy of him
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Then a voice spoke to her
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through the darkness,
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Maria, what brings you to me?
If the bird in the cage is your offering,
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Open the door, let me see.
Though she trembled,
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she did as he asked her
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And out of the cage the bird flew
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Soaring up into the rafters
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On a wing that had healed good as new
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Just then the midnight bells rang out,
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and the little bird started to sing
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A song that no words could recapture,
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whose beauty was fit for a king
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Now Maria felt blessed just to listen
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To that cascade of notes sweet and long
As her offering was lifted to heaven
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By the very first night in his song
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