Coat of Many Colors - Live at Sevier County High School, Sevierville, TN - April 1970

I'd like to do a song called
 "The Coat of Many Colors"
 Back through the years
 I go wonderin' once again
 Back to the seasons of my youth
 I recall a box of rags that someone gave us
 And how my momma put the rags to use
 There were rags of many colors
 Every piece was small
 And I didn't have a coat
 And it was way down in the fall
 Momma sewed some rags together
 Sewin' 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 that she'd read
 'Bout 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 momma blessed it with a kiss
 My coat of many colors
 That my momma made for me
 Made only from rags
 But I wore it so proudly
 And though we had no money
 I was rich as I could be
 In my coat of many colors
 My momma 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 children laughing
 And making fun of me
 In my coat of many colors
 My momma made for me
 And I couldn't understand it
 For I thought I was rich
 And I told 'em all the love
 My momma sewed in every stitch
 And I told 'em all the story
 Momma told me as 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
 That 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 momma made for me
 Thank you, momma, I love you
 Thank you