Legend Of The Robin's Red Breast Song Lyrics and Chords
Legend Of The Robin's Red Breast Song Lyrics and Chords by Cowboy Copas
Legend Of The Robin's Red Breast
Recorded by Cowboy Copas
Written by Preston Blanche and Bradley Kincaid
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Oh have you heard this story it
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happened long
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ago
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Christ our blessed
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Savior was
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here on earth
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below
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echo through the ages from
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distant
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vary
I'll
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tell it to you
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simply as
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it was told to
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me
It
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breathes the blessed
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teaching of
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God's own holy
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word
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lesson taught in
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meekness by a
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lowly little
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bird
When Jesus hung in sorrow our
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debt of shame to
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pay
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one was there to
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comfort or
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wipe His tears
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away
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little bird flew near Him in
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sober coat of
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brown
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gazed in tender
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pity then
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slowly fluttered
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down
With gentle wings it fanned Him to
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cool His aching
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head
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hovered near His
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bosom all
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stained with deepest
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red
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last when all was ended
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as if to morn his
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loss
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rose with blood stained
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feathers and
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circled around the
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cross
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It flew away in sadness and
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to this day tis
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said
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wears upon its
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bosom that
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stain of crimson
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red
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I shall cross the valley and
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go to seek my
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rest
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I wear like the
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robin God's
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sign upon my
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breast
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Legend Of The Robin's Red Breast?
- The song Legend Of The Robin's Red Breast was sang by Cowboy Copas.
Who is Cowboy Copas?
- Lloyd Estel Copas (July 15, 1913 - March 5, 1963), known by his stage name Cowboy Copas, was an American country music singer. He was popular from the 1940s until his death in the 1963 plane crash that also killed country stars Patsy Cline and Hawkshaw Hawkins. Copas was a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
