The Gift chords by Wim Pols

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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
She stopped for a rest by the roadside
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Where a bird with a broken wing lay
A few moments passed till she saw it,
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For its feathers were covered with sand,
But soon clean and wrapped it was traveling
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In the warmth of Maria's small hand.
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She happily spent her last basil
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On a cage made of rushes and twine.
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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 folk brought presents
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To lay by the manger that night
There were diamonds and
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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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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
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,
she did as he asked her
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And out of the cage the bird flew
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 mission bells rang out
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And the little birch 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 off 'ring was lifted to heaven
By the very first nightingale's
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song.
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Thank you for watching!