Cash, Johnny - Great Speckled Bird Lyrics
What a beautiful thought I am thinking
Concerning a great speckled bird
Remember her name is recorded
On the pages of God's Holy Word.
And she is despised by the squad
But the great speckled bird in the Bible
Is one with the great church of God.
All the other churches are against her
They envy her glory and fame
They hate her because she is chosen
And has not denied Jesus' name.
Desiring to lower her standard
They long to find fault with her teachings
But really they find no mistake.
She is spreading her wings for a journey
She's going to leave by and by
When the trumpet shall sound in the morning
She'll rise and go up in the sky.
In the presence of all her despisers
With a song never uttered before
She will rise and be gone in a moment
Till the great tribulation is o'er.
I am glad I have learned of her meekness
I am proud that my name is on her book
For I want to be one never fearing
The face of my Savior to look.
When He cometh descending from heaven
On the cloud that He writes in His Word
I'll be joyfully carried to meet Him
On the wings of that great speckled bird.
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Cash, Johnny Great Speckled Bird Comments
Johnny's version has more thumbs ups than Acuff's stellar rendition, this is Johnny's power.
I just love this song - hope you do too!
I just love this song - hope you do too!
On Ken Burn's recent series on Country Music on Public TV
one person said country music was 3 chords and the truth.
This is a 3 chord song and the Truth.
...easy to learn and play on guitar and an easy melody to remember
and profound TRUTH for our day too.
I'm watching for that bird. How about you ?
I love Cash because he went through Trauma and addiction like myself and his voice is full of the painful things he’s been through. That’s why his music is so good, it was a means to cope.
When Johnny Case died the last great American died
I love this is one it was one of the first I learned to play on the guitar.
Jimmy. Wayne causey
Someone said this is the song that the music notes represent on the sun record label.... is that true?
This song was actually originally written by Rev. Guy Smith
BEST SONGGGG!!!
THANK!!!! EXEMPLARRRR!!
My mother's favorite song. Am so glad the choir of the New Testament Church Of God in West Prospect Jamaica, West Indies, sing that beautiful song at her funeral last Saturday, rest in peace mama June.
The most distinctive voice on our planet and the most beautiful.
passou algum br?
love this song speckled bird
My dad's favorite song. The tune was written in 1925 and the song's words were recorded with this tune by Roy Acuff in 1936. A great song that refers to a verse in the Bible - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Speckled_Bird_%28song%29
This song was written by Rev. Guy Smith abt 300 years ago and someone else wrote the music.
My 7th great grandfather :) Nice to see it corrected!
+D Kish love you devon
It wasnt 300 years ago XD maybe like 90-125 years ago
When my grandpa died, I was only 8, but one thing I do remember about him, was this song. This was his favorite song. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
merveilleuse liste de musique .quel grand Homme
Awesome! <3
A great song sang by a great man. Thanks
love this song but i do miss the whistling part in the middle os song.
if u have that version please post. was sang by don and earl
thanks'
my grandmothers favorite song
His Grampar passed away. Have some respect
You can have your opinion but I think the old piano makes any song good
the piano ruind this..is it jack clement producing this??
Oh I don't know that the piano ruined it I think a good ol steel guitar might have been better but I am sure at the same time they were seeking some amount of separation from the great original Roy Acuff version. Of course technically the music to this is actually by the Carter family which Johnny married into so there is that.
my grandma wrote it and song it and its our song
One of the great Johnny Cash songs. Thanks for posting. You don't get to hear this one much anymore.
@MegaLittlemoma, is your Grandpa Wes?
@ponykegroad I did this song as well if you would like to check it out
@laslos3 I did a cover of this song you might like if you wanna check it out
This song is so clean and true. Awesome. Johnny Cash was one of a kind. Great post.
What modern music can hold a candle to this.
So true the so called singers now sound like someone stepped on a cat's tail.
What a voice! Always miss Johnny.
Did not know Johnny sang this song,! A great country singer never forgot , RIP Johnny,!!
that you ponykegroad for posting this. It's one of my favorite songs.
Thanks for posting this. The tune is awesome. I did my own version as I'm Thinking tonight of my blue eyes. Hope you like it.