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| Ba | ck through the years I go wondering once again |
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| Back to the seasons of my/ | youth |
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| I re/c | all a box of rags that someone gave us |
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| And how my mamma put the rags to/ | use |
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| There were/ | rags of many colours,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/ s | ewed the rags together,sewing/ ev | ery piece with love |
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| She made my/ c | oat of many colours,that/ I | was so proud of |
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| A | s she sewed she told the story from the bible she had read |
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| About a coat of many colours Joseph/ w | ore and then she said |
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| Per/ha | ps this coat will bring you ,good/ l | luck and happiness |
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| And I just could/n | 't wait to wear it |
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| And mamma/ b | lessed it with a kiss |
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| My c | oat of many colours that my/ m | amma made for me |
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| M | ade only rags,but I/ | wore it so proud/l | y |
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| Al/tho | ugh we had no money.But I/ | was rich as I could be |
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| In my/ c | oat of many colours,my/ m | amma made for me |
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| S | o with patches on my breaches and holes in both my shoes |
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| In my coat of many colours,I/ | hurried off to school |
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| Just to/ f | ind the others laughing and mak/in | ' fun of me |
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| And my/ | coat of many colours,my/ m | amma made for/ | me |
| Oh,I couldn't understand it,for I felt I was rich |
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| And I told them of the love my mamma/ se | wed in ever stitch |
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| And I/ t | old them all the story ,mamma/ t | old me while she sewed |
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| And how my/ c | oat of many colours |
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| is worth/ mo | re than all of their clothes |
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| They/ d | idn't under stand it and I/ t | ried to make them see |
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| That/ | one is only poor only/ | if they choose to be/ |
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| Now I/ | know we had no money,but I was/ | rich as I could be |
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| In my/ c | oat of many colours, my/ | mamma made for me |
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| made it | she for me..... |