Back the years I go wondering once again Back to the seasons of my I recall a box of rags that gave us And how my mamma put rags to use
There were rags of many colours, and piece was small And I have a coat and it was way down in the fall Mamma sewed the rags together, sewing ever with love She made my coat of colours, that I was so proud of
As she sewed she told the from the bible she had read About a coat of many colours, Joseph wore and she said Perhaps coat will bring you, much love and happiness And I just couldn't to wear it, and mamma blessed it with a kiss
My coat of many colours that 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 coat of colours, my mamma made for me
So with patches on my breaches and in both my shoes In my coat of many colours, I off to school Just to the others laughing and makin' fun of me In my coat of colours, my mamma made for me
Oh, I couldn't understand it, for I I was rich And I told them of the love my sewed in ever stitch And I told all the story, mamma told me while she sewed And how my coat of many colours is worth more all of their clothes
They didn't under stand it and I 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 rich as I be In my coat of many colours, my made for me In my of many colours, my mamma just made for me