"The Great Speckled Bird" Country Gospel Lyric Video - Church Hymns

This is a lyric video cover of the song, "The Great Speckled Bird", which is a hymn from the southern United States whose lyrics were written by the Reverend Guy Smith, and transcribed by singer Charlie Swain. It is an allegory referencing fundamentalist self-perception during the Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy. It is based on Jeremiah 12:9, "Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour." It was recorded in 1936 by Roy Acuff. It was also later recorded by Johnny Cash and Kitty Wells (both in 1959), Pearly Brown (1961), Hank Locklin (1962), Marty Robbins (1966), Lucinda Williams (1978), Marion Williams, and Jerry Lee Lewis. George Jones & The Smoky Mountain Boys also recorded it in the early 1970s (although that recording was not released until 2017). You can purchase an MP3 version of the accompaniment track for live performance on AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NCVSZSS/... #greatspeckledbird #royacuff #churchhymns