Coat of Many Colors Lyrics by Dolly Parton

0:06Back through the years

0:07I go wonderin' once again

0:11Back to the seasons of my youth

0:16I recall a box of rags that someone gave us

0:22And how my mama put the rags to use

0:27There were rags of many colors

0:31Every piece was small

0:33And I didn't have a coat

0:36And it was way down in the fall

0:39Mama sewed the rags together

0:42Sewin' every piece with love

0:44She made my coat of many colors

0:48That I was so proud of

0:51As she sewed, she told a story

0:54From the Bible, she had read

0:57About a coat of many colors

1:00Joseph wore and then she said

1:03Perhaps this coat will bring you

1:06Good luck and happiness

1:08And I just couldn't wait to wear it

1:11And mama blessed it with a kiss

1:16My coat of many colors

1:18That my mama made for me

1:22Made only from rags

1:24But I wore it so proudly

1:28Although we had no money

1:31Well, I was rich as I could be

1:34In my coat of many colors

1:37My mama made for me

1:43So with patches on my britches

1:47And holes in both my shoes

1:49In my coat of many colors

1:52I hurried off to school

1:55Just to find the others laughing

1:58And are making fun of me

2:00In my coat of many colors

2:03My mama made for me

2:07And oh, I couldn't understand it

2:11For I felt I was rich

2:13And I told 'em of the love

2:15My mama sewed in every stitch

2:18And I told 'em all the story

2:21Mama told me while she sewed

2:24And how my coat of many colors

2:27Was worth more than all their clothes

2:31But they didn't understand it

2:34And I tried to make them see

2:37That one is only poor

2:40Only if they choose to be

2:44Now I know we had no money

2:47But I was rich as I could be

2:49In my coat of many colors

2:52My mama made for me

2:56Made just for me

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