Interpret:

Alison Krauss

Album:

Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton (Var. Artists)

Back through the years
I go wandering once again
Back to the seasons of my youth
I recall a box of rags
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
Momma sewed the rags together
Sewing 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 happiness 
And I just couldn't wait to wear it
And mama blessed it with a kiss


My coat of many colors
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 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


And I just couldn't understand
For I felt I was rich
And I told them all the love
My mama sewed in every stitch
And I told them all the stories
Mama told me while she 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
One is only poor
Only if they choose to be
And 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
Made just for me