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the sweetest gift Emmylou Harris
THE SWEETEST GIFT
charted by Bo Frazer <bfrazer@datamanagement.com>
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This is a wonderful song originally by The Blue Sky Boys, I think,
made most famous by Linda Ronstadt & EmmyLou Harris, Judds, and
last (but best, imho) Hazel Dickens & Alice Girard. My wife and I
do it in our church every Mother's Day. In the chorus, there's an
echo thing happening, where the two vocal parts are not simultaneous.
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Verse1:
One day a [C]mother came to a prison
To see an [G]erring but precious [C]son.
She told the warden how much she loved him;
It did not [G]matter what he had [C]done.
Chorus:
She did not [C]bring a parole or pardon.
(bring to him) (pardon plea)
She brought no [G]silver no pomp or [C]style.
(brought no gold) (none to see)
It was a halo sent down from [F]heaven,
(halo bright) (heaven's light)
The sweetest [C]gift, a [G]mother's [C]smile.
Verse2:
Her boy had wandered far from the fireside,
Though she had pleaded with him each night.
But not a word did she ever utter;
Her heart was flowing, her smile was bright.
(CHORUS)
Verse3:
She left a smile you can remember.
She's gone to heaven from heartache's grief.
Those walls around you will never change you;
You were her baby and e'er will be.
(CHORUS)
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