| Lyrics: | (Dolly Parton)
Back through the years I go wondering once again
Back to the seasons of my
youth
I recall a box of rags that someone gave us
And how my mamma put these rags to
use
There were rags of many colours, and every piece was small
And I didn't have a coat
and it was way down in the fall
Mamma sewed the rags together, sewing ever piece with
love
She made my coat of many colours, that I was so proud of
As she sewed she told the
story from the bible she had read
About a coat of many colours, Joseph wore and they she
said
Perhaps this coat will bring you, much love and happiness
And I just couldn't wait to
wear it, and mamma blessed it with a kiss
My coat of many colours that mamma made for
me
Made only rags, but I wore it so proudly
Although we had no money. oh I was rich as I
could be
In my coat of many colours, my mamma made for me
So with patches on my
breaches and holes in both my shoes
In my coat of many colours, I hurried off to school
Just
to find the others laughing and makin' fun of me
In my coat of many colours, my mamma made for
me
Oh, I couldn't understand it, for I felt I was rich
And I told them of the love my
mamma sewed in ever stitch
And I told them all the story, mamma told me while she sewed
And
how my coat of many colours is worth more than all of their clothes
They didn't under stand
it and I tried to make them see
That one is only poor only if they choose to be
Now I know
we have no money, but I'm as rich as I could be
In my coat of many colours, my mamma made for
me
In my coat of many colours, my mamma just made for me |
