COAT OF MANY COLORS   Writer 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 those 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   When she sewed she told a story from the Bible she had read   'Bout a coat of many colors Joseph wore again   she said Perhaps this coat will bring you good luck and happiness   And I just couldn't wait to wear it Mama blessed it with a kiss   A coat of many colors that my mama made for me   Made only from rags but I wore it so proudly   I know we had no money but I was rich as I could be   With my coat of many colors that my mama made for me   Now with patches in my britches and holes in both my shoes   In my coat of many colors I hurried off to school   Just to find the others laughin' and makin' fun of me   In my coat of many colors my mama made for me   Now I did not understand it for I felt almost rich   And I told them of the love my mama sewed in every stitch   Then I told them all the stories mama told me while she sewed   How my coat of many colors was worth more than all their clothes   They did not understand it though I tried to make them see   That one is only poor if they choose to be   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