Coat Of Many Colors
Emmylou Harris

(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


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  (Lost His Love) On Our Last Date   (You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie   1917   A Love That Will Never Grow Old   A Love That Will Never Grow Old   A River For Him   A Ways To Go   A: Daniel - Where Will I Be   Abraham, Martin and John   Across The Border   After The Gold Rush   All Fall Down   All Fall Down (Featuring George Jones)   All I Left Behind   All I Left Behind [#]   All My Tears   All That Matters   All That You Have Is Your Soul   All The Roadrunning   All the Roadrunning [DVD]   Alone And Forsaken   Amarillo   Angel [Live]   Angel Band   Angel Eyes   Angel Eyes (Angel Eyes)   Angels Rejoiced in Heaven Last Night   Another Lonesome Morning   Another Pot O' Tea   Another Pot O' Tea   Anyhow, I Love You   Appalachian Rain   Ashes By Now   Away In A Manger   Baby Better Start Turnin' 'Em Down   Baby Better Start Turnin' 'em Down   Back In Baby's Arms   Back When We Were Beautiful   Bad Moon Rising   Bad News   Ballad of a Runaway Horse   Ballad Of Sally Rose   Ballard Of A Runaway Horse   Bang The Drum Slowly   Barbara Allen   Beachcombing   Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem   Before Believing   Before I Met You   Belle Starr   Belle Starr [DVD]   Beneath Still Waters   Better Off Without You   Beyond My Wildest Dreams   Beyond The Blue   Beyond The Great Divide   Big Black Dog   Big Mouth Blues   Black Caffeine   Black Gypsy   Blackhawk   Blue Kentucky Girl   Blue Train   Bluebird Wine   Bobbie's Gone   Born To Run   BORN TO RUN Words & Music by Paul Kennerley   Bottle Let Me Down   Boulder To Birmingham   Boy From Tupelo   Brand New Dance   Bright Morning Stars   Broken Man's Lament   Broken Man's Lament   Buckaroo   Burn That Candle   Bury Me Beneath The Willow   C'est La Vie   C'est La Vie   Cabaret   Cajun Born   Californa Cottonfields   California Cottonfields   Calling My Children Home   Can You Hear Me Now   Carter Family Speech   Casey's Last Ride   Cattle Call   Chase the Feeling   Cheatin' Is   Cheatin' Is   Cherry Tree Carol   Cherry Tree Carol (Album Version)   Chief   Child Of Mine   Christmas Time's A-Coming   Christmas Time's A-Coming   Clocks   Colors Of Your Heart   Connection   Could You Love Me One More Time'   Crescent City   Cross Yourself   Cup of Kindness   Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn   Darkest Hour Is Just Before Down   Darlin' Kate   Deeper Well   Defying Gravity   Devil In Disguise   Diamond In My Crown   Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend   Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend   Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby   Didn't Leave Nothing But The Baby   Didn't Leave Nothing But The Baby   Dimming Of The Day   Do I Ever Cross Your Mind   Done with Bonaparte   Done with Bonaparte [DVD]   Donkey Town   Dreaming My Dreams   Drifting Too Far   Drifting Too Far From The Shore   Drivin' Wheel   Drivin' Wheel   Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man   Drums   Dying On Sorrow's Wine   Easy For You To Say   Easy From Now On   Evangeline   Even Cowgirls Get The Blues   Every Grain Of Salad   Every Grain Of Sand   Every Time You Leave   Everybody's Talkin'   Everybody's Talkin'   Everytime You Leave   Everytime You Leave (With Don Everly)   Everywhere I Go   Fair and Tender Ladies   Falling Down   Falling In A Deep Hole   Farther Along   Feelin' Single - 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