Dolly Parton - coat of many colours

I'm NOT a fan of her, NOR like her songs, I just find this song beautiful.
lyrics:

Back true the years
i go wondering once again
Back true the seasons of my youth
I recall a box of rags someone gave us
and how my mamma put the rags to use.

there were rags of many colours
and every piece so small
and i didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall

mamma sewed the rags together
sewing every piece with love
she made my coat of many colours, that i was so proud of

as she sewed she told a story
from the bible she had read
about a coat of many colours Yoseff 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 colours 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 colours, my mama made for me

So with patches on my britches
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 momma made for me

And I just couldn't understand it
For I felt I was rich
And I told them all the love
My momma sewed in every stitch
And I told 'em all the storys
Momma 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
That one is only poor
Only if they choose to be
and I know we had no money
I was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors
My momma made for me
Made just for me


xx Sann

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[TessaaxFFL]

dolly parton ofzo is toch dood?

[schlubbelybub]

idunno. xD kvonnet gewoon een leuk liedje

[cr0zygirl123]

all the kids laughed at her but know look whos laughin'

[jmargulies1]

How can you not like Dolly?! I LOVE, love, love this song.

[scottyscottie]

my moms favorite song ' it would bring tears to her eyes we were from east tennessee and she grew up hard and when she was killed in 1972 this song makes me find her in my dreams 'i love you mama

[KindessisEternal]

Dolly is wonderful. 

[KindessisEternal]

I have been to Tennessee and have seen the people that Dolly sings about. They are the people who really know the meaning of life.

[blevinswilliam]

how can you say you don't like Dolly or her songs yet you like the lyrics?? it's Dollys lyrics she wrote this song about an event in her life. I just don't understand a statement like that??

[azsli2]

this reminds me of the coat mom put purple and red diamond shaped patches on my coat so i would have one and no one knew it had rips in it.

[TheSoutherngirl78]

i love dolly parton shes the best

[tim60s321]

Back through the years

I go wandering once again....

[SannCupCake]

@MissKlarissa1 Voordat je in de war raakt: SannCupCake is mijn tweede account, dus ik 'ben' ook Schlubbelybub.

Als je Nederlands bent, waarom schrijf je dan niet gewoon in het Nederlands?

en als je goed had gelezen -ipv gelijk commentaar geven- was ik het niet die dacht dat ze dood was, én was dat een comment van 2 jaar geleden. daarnaast hoef jij me niet te vertellen hoe ik me moet gedragen. ik heb juist heel veel respect voor Dolly.