Words and music: J B Coats

Album: The Sweetest Gift
Performer: Trisha Yearwood


The Sweetest Gift

One day a [C] mother went 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. [F-C]

Chorus:
She did not [C] bring to him,
A parole or pardon free.
She brought no [G] silver,
No pomp nor [C] style.
It was a halo bright
Sent down from [F] heaven's light;
The sweetest [C] gift,
A [G] mother's [C] smile. [F-C]

She left a smile you can remember,
She's gone to heaven from heartaches free.
Those walls around you could never change her.
You are her child and e're will be.

Chorus



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From: kari karisue@worldnet.att.net

Extra lyrics


The Sweetest Gift

One day a mother come to a prison
To see an erring 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  parole or pardon
She brought no silver, no pomp nor style
It was a halo sent down from Heaven
The sweetest gift a mother’s smile.

Her boy had wandered far from the fireside
Though she had pleaded with him each night
But not a word did she ever utter
That told her heartache her smile was bright

She did not bring to him  parole or pardon
She brought no silver, no pomp nor style
It was a halo sent down from Heaven
The sweetest gift a mother’s smile.

......................bridge............

She left a smile that you can remember
She’s gone to Heaven from heartaches free.
Them bars around you will never change her
He was her baby and err will be.

She did not bring to him  parole or pardon
She brought no silver, no pomp nor style
It was a halo sent down from Heaven
The sweetest gift a mother's smile.

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THE SWEETEST GIFT
charted by Bo Frazer 
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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:
          C
One day a mother came to a prison
          G                   C
To see an erring but precious son.


She told the warden how much she loved him;
           G                  C
It did not matter what he had done.


Chorus:
            C
She did not bring         a parole or pardon.
           (bring to him)            (pardon plea)
               G                     C
She brought no silver     no pomp or style.
              (brought no gold)     (none to see)
                                         F
It was a halo             sent down from heaven,
        (halo bright)                   (heaven's light)
             C       G        C
The sweetest gift, a mother's 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]