Great Speckle Bird Lyrics - Roy Acuff

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. 

All the other birds are flocking 'round her 

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 watch every move that she makes 

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.