(Dolly Parton)       Back through the years I go wandering once again   back to the seasons of my youth   I recall, a box of rags that someone gave us   and how my mama put the rags to use.      There were rags of many colors, and every piece was small   and I didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall   Mama sewed the rags together, sewin every Piece with love   She made my coat of many colors that I was so proud of.      As she sewed she told a 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, good luck and hapiness."   And I just couldn't wait to wear it and mama blessed it with a kiss.      Chorus:   My coat of many colors that my mama made for me   Made only from rags, but I wore so proudly   Although we had no money I was rich as I could be   In my coat of many colors, my mama made for me.      So with patches on my britches, and holes in both my shoes   in my coat of many colors, I hurried off to school   Just to find the others laughing, and making fun of me   In my coat of many colors, my mama made for me.      Chorus:   And oh, I couldn't understand it, for I felt I was rich   And I told them of the love my mama sewed in every stitch   And I told them all the story, mama told me while sewed   And how my coat of many colors, was worth more than all their clothes.      But they didn't understand it and I tried to make them see   that one is only poor, only if they choose to be   Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be    In my coat of many colors, my mama made for me...