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Back through the years I go wondering once again 
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Back to the seasons of my youth 
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I recall a box of rags  someone gave us 
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And how my mamma put those rags to use 
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There were rags of many Colors and every piece was small 
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And I didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall 
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Mamma sewed the rags together  she sewied ever piece with love 
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She made my coat of many Colors  I was so proud of 
       C 
As she sewed she told the story from the bible she had read 
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About a coat of many Colors Joseph wore and then she said 
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Perhaps this coat will bring you good love and happiness 
           C 
And I just couldn't wait to wear it 
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As mamma blessed it with a kiss 
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My  coat of many Colors that my mamma made for me 
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Made from  only rags  but I wore it so proudly 
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though we didn't have much money oh I was rich as I could be 
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In my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me 
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So with patches on my britches and holes in both my shoes 
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In my coat of many Colors  well I started off to school 
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Just to find the children laughing and makin' fun of me 
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In my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me 
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Now  I didn't understand it for I felt that I was rich 
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And I told them of the love my mamma sewed in ever stitch 
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All about the story mamma told me while she sewed 
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And how my coat of many Colors 
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WAs worth more than all of their gold 
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They didn't under stand it and I tried to make them see 
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One's only poor only if you choose to be 
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We didnt  have no money but I'm as rich as I could be 
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In my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me 
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In my coat of many Colors my mamma made just for me