Back through the I go wondering once again Back to the of my youth I a box of rags that someone gave us And how my mamma put rags to use
There were rags of many colours, and every piece was And I didn't have a coat and it was way in the fall Mamma sewed the rags together, sewing piece with love She made my coat of many colours, I was so proud of
As she sewed she told the story from the bible she had About a coat of colours, Joseph wore and they she said Perhaps this coat will you, much love and happiness And I just couldn't wait to it, and mamma blessed it with a kiss
My coat of colours that mamma made for me only rags, but I wore it so proudly Although we had no money. oh I was rich as I be In my of many colours, my mamma made for me
So patches on my breaches and holes in both my shoes In my coat of colours, I hurried off to school Just to find the others laughing and fun of me In my coat of many colours, my made for me
Oh, I couldn't it, for I felt I was rich And I told them of the love my mamma in ever stitch And I told them all the story, told me while she sewed And how my coat of many colours is more than all of their clothes
They didn't under it and I tried to make them see That one is poor only if they choose to be Now I know we have no money, but I'm as as I could be In my coat of many colours, my mamma for me In my coat of many colours, my mamma just for me