Coat Of Many Colors

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

There were rags of many colors, every piece was small

And I didn't have a coat, it was way down in the fall

Mamma sewed the rags together, sewing ever piece with love

She made my coat of many colors I was so proud of

[Verse 3]

As she sewed she told the story from the Bible she had read

About a coat of many colors Joseph wore and then she said

Perhaps this coat will bring you much love and happiness

And I just couldn't wait to wear it as mamma blessed it with a kiss

[Bridge 1]

My coat of many colors that my mamma made for me

Made from only rags, but I wore it so proudly

Though we had no money I was rich as I could be

In my coat of many colors my mamma made for me

[Verse 4]

So with patches on my breaches and holes in both my shoes

In my coat of many colors well I started off to school

Just to find the children laughing and makin' fun of me

In my coat of many colors my mamma made for me

[Verse 5]

Now I didn't understand it for I felt that I was rich

And I told them of the love my mamma sewed in every stitch

And all the story mamma told me while she sewed

And how my coat of many colors is worth more than all of their clothes

[Bridge 2]

They didn't under stand it and I tried to make them see

That one is only poor only if they choose to be

And though we didn't have much money I was rich as I could be

In my coat of many colors my mamma made for me

In my coat of many colors my mamma just made for me