Dolly Parton

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton


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     Back through the years I go wondering once again
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     Back to the seasons of my/ youth
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     I re/call a box of rags that someone gave us
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     And how my mamma put these rags to/ use

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     There were/ rags of many colours,and every piece was small
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     And I didn't have a coat and it was/ way down in the fall
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     Mamma/ sewed the rags together,sewing/ every piece with love
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     She made my/ coat of many colours,that/ I was so proud of
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     As she sewed she told the story from the bible she had read
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     About a coat of many colours Joseph/ wore and then she said
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     Per/haps this coat will bring you, good/luck and happiness
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     And I just could/n't wait to wear it
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     And mamma/ blessed it with a kiss
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     My. coat of many colours that/ my mamma made for me
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     Made only from rags,but I/ wore it so proud/ly
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     Al/though we had no money.oh I/ was rich as I could be
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     In my/ coat of many colours,my/ mamma made for me

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     So with patches on my breaches and holes in both my shoes
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     In my coat of many colours,I/ hurried off to school
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     Just to/ find the others laughing and mak/in' fun of me
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     In my/ coat of many colours,my/ mamma made for/ me

     Oh,I couldn't understand it,for I felt I was rich
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     And I told them of the love my mamma/ sewed in ever stitch
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     And I/ told them all the story ,mamma/ told me while she sewed
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     And how my/ coat of many colours
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     was worth/ more than all of their clothes

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     They/ didn't under stand it and I/ tried to make them see
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     That/ one is only poor only/ if they choose to be/
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     Now I/ know we had no money,but I was as/ rich as I could be
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     In my/ coat of many colours, my/ mamma made for me
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     Made just for me.....

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