I Wonder As I Wander

I wonder as I wander out under the sky,
How Jesus the Savior did come for to die,
For poor ornery people like you and like I.
I wonder as I wander out under the sky.

When Mary birthed Jesus 'twas in a cow's stall,
With wise men and farmers and shepherds and all.
But high from God's heaven a star's light did fall,
And the promise of ages it then did recall.


I wonder as I wander out under the sky,
How Jesus the Savior did come for to die,
For poor ornery people like you and like I.
I wonder as I wander out under the sky.


If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing,
A star in the sky, or a bird on the wing,
Or all of God's angels in heaven for to sing,
He surely could have it, 'cause he was the King.


I wonder as I wander out under the sky,
How Jesus the Savior did come for to die,
For poor ornery people like you and like I.
I wonder as I wander out under the sky.

~Appalachian Folk Hymn