The Sweetest Gift

(written by J.B. Coats)



One day a mother went to prison

To see an eering but precious son

She told the warden

How much she loved him

It did not matter what he had done



She did not bring to him

A parole or pardon free

She brought no silver

(Brought no gold)

No pomp nor style

(Longed to see)

It was a halo bright

Sent down from heaven's light

The sweetest gift

A mother's smile



She left a smile

You can remember

She's gone to heaven

From heartaches free

Those walls around you

Could never change her

You were her baby

And ere will be



She did not bring to him

A parole or pardon free

She brought no silver

(Brought no gold)

No pomp nor style

(Longed to see)

It was a halo bright

Sent down from heaven's light

The sweetest gift

A mother's smile


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