Coat Of Many Colours lyrics

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 colours

Every piece was small
and I didn't have a coat
and it was way down
in the fall

Mama sewed
the rags together
sewing every piece
with love she made my
coat of many colours

That I was so proud of

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

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

Perhaps this coat
will bring you
good luck and happiness
and I just couldn't wait
to wear it

And mama blessed it
with a kiss

My coat of many colours
that my mama
made for me

Made only from rags
but I wore it so proudly

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

In my coat of
many colours
my mama
made for me

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

In my coat
of many colours
I hurried off to school

Just to find
the others laughing
and making fun of me
in my coat of many colours
my mama made for me

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 she sewed
and how my coat
of many colours

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

And now I know
we had no money
but I was rich
as I could be

In my coat
of many colours
my mama made
for me
made just for me