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Introducción:
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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
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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
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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