I'm listening in 2024 with tears of joy. How powerful times and seasons can hold the symphony of mankind's curses and blessings. All the story told in one piece of a great melody ❤
We were so poor when we were kids. Our dad died when he was 37 from heart problems . I was 10 months old and my brother was 11 years old. I had 2 sisters that were 9 and 4 also. We never knew we were poor because momma raised a garden and chickens so we would have food. She worked as a waitress. She married a man several years later but they divorced. We got a sweet little sister though. After momma divorced him she just kept going. She worked until she couldn't anymore. She died when she was 41 from cancer. We fought to stay together after that. We're as close as sisters and a big brother could ever be. We lost our precious sister Marlene in 2012 from cancer. Now it's something I'm facing. I'm blessed to have a family to lean on. Some aren't as blessed. This song just brought back so many memories .
Story of my life 😭 Growing up was so tough 2024 I am here crying listening to this song. Remembering how my momma struggled and hustle so hard to put food on our table. Sweet mother 😭
This songs always makes me tear up. Back in Jr High, my Dad was struggling to get his little construction company off the ground and we went through some hard times. My brother and I had to wear hand me downs and “knock off” Adidas shoes- Traxx I think? They had holes in em, we drank the yellow generic pop with black lettering at lunch. And we got laughed at & picked on-asked if we were poor, by the kids who got free government lunches yet came to school in brand new clothes and Nike’s or Adidas & got dropped off by their parents in Cadillacs while we had to walk. We weren’t rich but had a lot of love and faith that carried us in those days. It makes me appreciate everything I have now and realize love,faith and family are way more important than money or material things. Thanks Dolly for writing such a beautiful song.
God this is my fervent prayer, please bless me that I will give back to my mom what she denial herself with through the years just to take care of my Lil brother n I. Please give us long life n good health
This song is so heartbreakingly beautiful; the lyrics tell the story, the simple, stark arrangement, and Dolly's one of a kind voice. Every time I hear it the tears come out; I am typing this through tears now. What a talent
Why does this song bring us to tears? Is it the connection we feel to our past and to our moms? Is it the sad, sweet story Dolly tells? Is it her heart wrenchingly beautiful voice? Maybe it’s all of the above. I’ve never had an emotional reaction to a song like this one.
I just cried all through this song. So beautiful. This song still brings a tear to my eyes... I grew up in an orphanage and would had loved a mother like this! 2020 whose listen😻😻 2020 whose listen😻😻
Its hard for people to understand what love means because the world we live in has become so focused passing judgement on appearances. I am sorry for what you went thru as a child and altho my parents gave me the world ..the world saw it as a box of rags...Looking back I felt I had to equal up to those who had more but now I realize that I was trying to protect them and let them know I proud of all the colors they gave to me🤟🏽
It's so much of me I was very shy, I went with no foot wear to school sometimes ,my parent can't afford, yet I feel Bless 🙏😇, because I can message to this, meaning I can read an write, an this what matters😇🙏❤️
Almost 10 years without seeing my mom, due to being in another country, she just sent me a picture of a scarf she's knitting for me out of a few old yarns she had at home. I was quickly reminded of this song so I had to come listen to it once again. -Oh my scarf of many colours that my momma is making for me. Made only from old yarns but I'll wear it so proudly.
When I was little I went to a Christian primary school and everyday they would start the day with a Bible lesson and I remember the story of Joseph and his coat of many colours and as a child I loved that he had a coat of many colours and I grew to love that Bible story and when I was 8 my mom played an old cassette that she had and this song was on it and I loved this song since then. My mom would sing it to me. It's been 10years since my mom passed and I listen to this song often and watch the movie of Joseph. This song will forever have a special place in my heart.
My Mom loved this song with her entire being... I ove it because of her reaction to it every time. She's late now, and I'm all alone but I shed a tear every time I hear it.
Simplicity, Clarity, Relevance, Reality and Truth - no way to misconstrue the message. Poignant since the days of Noah, today and beyond. This gift stands on its own - no need for any comparison. Thank you Dolly! This isn't "Dolly gonna be a big star look what I can do and how wonderful I am" - this is Dolly thanking her mother, nakedly, unabashedly, for all the world to see, and telling her how much that patchwork coat of scraps meant to her. What a saintly thing to do.
Yeah its kinda sad that being poor in a money sense these days just dont work :/ if ya dont have the money to get around and have a good life Life is kinda hell trust me im trying to sort everything out and its not fun
Every time I hear this song I cry, I lost my mom three weeks ago 😢 I would give anything to hug her just one more time to tell her how much I love her.
There's power in giving. Hardly would the giver of the box of rags know that the gift she gave those many decades ago would be cherished and become a significant object in this beautiful masterpiece by Dolly Parton! Thanks Dolly Parton for sharing your story and giving hope to the world through it.
+Marco T. Villegas Salas Mother Love. Just like the love a Daddy who is so busy working trying to put food on the table and isn't home enough. He works because he LOVES. It usually takes years for kids to understand that kind of love.
I am still listening to this wonderful song with many stories it has taught me over the years of 69 years of age of life. In the Year of Our Lord, July 29th. 2023, Saturday, at 5:00pm, on a wonderful afternoon. 😂😂😂 🎉🎉🎉 ❤❤❤ God Bless You All!
This song is Christmas ! it's not about your worth based on what your Bank account is. it's the Love you show that our savior taught us. God is Love, we are a shining reflection by showing it also.
And it is Christmas 2019 I'm listening to it. Sending you joy & blessings at Christmas. My husband & I haven't given each other a Christmas gifts you can unwrap this year. We've given each something far far better. Time spent together. No gift could be better as that which the lord himself gave us. The gift of love.
I'm a 66 year old woman. Tears are flowing as I remember my own MAMA making me a vest blazer for me just the same way. Was treated the same way...but I was rich too instead of poor because the LOVE MAMA SEWED BY HAND IN EVERY STITCH. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I laid my father to rest yesterday & he wanted this song playing - it used to reduce him to tears as it reminded him of his mother & being a child at the end of the war with nothing. Such a beautiful song & something that makes you infinitely grateful later on in life when you start to see what your parents ever did for you in their own way
I think this is one of the most heartfelt songs ever. Its about love and God and thankfulness of our blessings we have and sometimes we forget how lucky we truly are. And it is a true story written by Dolly who has wrote many songs.Best song ever!
This song reminds me of a sweater my mom stitches for me when i was a kid. I was so proud of wearing it with an image of an apple neatly hand crafted in the front which i like it so much. I remember proudly telling "my mom stitched it for me". Thanks for reminding me of mother wonderful love.
When I was around 6/7, I was a stuck up horrible posh little child. My mum and dad were both from rural areas but they worked there butts off for money for the best for there kids, I thought I had it all growing up - a big house, fancy cars and I lived in a very posh village. I used to slag the not so rich areas when I was young then...my life crashed and I ended up living in one of those areas and my mum and I had nothing at all, we lived on love and other peoples kindness. This song always makes me think about my mum giving me her all to make sure I was safe and I am now so much humbler and hope that nobody will ever think they way I thought, because I and my mum were a lot happier with no Money and strong relationships than when we were rich 💙 #stayhumble
So beautiful! To be honest life is about finding and giving love to everyone and everything, not running after money your whole life till you realize that you've wasted what can not be compensated; your life has no meaning and now it's too late to LIVE it..
Heather Janet tears to my eyes i was a self made millionaire by 23 years old . and thought I was better than everyone else I had the hottest car house wife fancy European vacations . my tounge against others was poison I was a hypocritical egotistical snob.then my wife cheated I became a drug user and a heavy gambler spent all the money and everyone saw my public fall of epic proportion .im.glad that it happened it was an experience that made me see money is nothing it's family friends children I have 2 beautiful son's I struggled to.give them a better life I too am now humble and gently and have love for.humanity ✌✌
Heather Janet tears to my eyes i was a self made millionaire by 23 years old . and thought I was better than everyone else I had the hottest car house wife fancy European vacations . my tounge against others was poison I was a hypocritical egotistical snob.then my wife cheated I became a drug user and a heavy gambler spent all the money and everyone saw my public fall of epic proportion .im.glad that it happened it was an experience that made me see money is nothing it's family friends children I have 2 beautiful son's I struggled to.give them a better life I too am now humble and gently and have love for.humanity ✌✌
I always cry whenever I hear this song. It reminds me of my mother. She was always a very nice person who would do anything to help her only son. She absolutely loves me with all of her heart. But yet when I was a bratty kid, I treated like her crap. I would say rude things about her, yell at her for no resson, and sometimes even make fun of her. But then one day she had to go to the emergency room after suffering a heart attack. Thankfully she lived and remains alive and well to this day. But that tragic experience many years ago is what woke me up. Seeing my mom helpless and looking like she was about to die really got to me. It taught me a valuable lesson about the importance of family and how I should never take my mother's love for granted. It showed me how short life really is. I had an epiphany the night that tragedy happened. I thought about how awful it would be if the final words I ever spoke to my beloved mother were something disrespectful. That night was a night that changed my life for the better. It allowed me to realize how important it is to respect the ones we love while we still have them because for all we know, they could be gone in a flash. This song about a mother's love brings back those memories of how much of a terrible son I once was. How could I have ever treated such a generous, loving, kindhearted, sweet person with such disrespect? I was a total monster back then and I feel so bad about it.
Dolly, you have always made my life very sweet, listening to your gospel and country music. Though I may never get a chance to see you, just know I feel you in the music. You give me very much hope and happiness. May God surely bless you and the ones who sing along with you.
Spent over an hour reading some of the comments, obviously not them all. I recognise a reoccuring theme which is "moved to tears" and not understanding why, I think that many of us were brought up and lived through difficult times, perhaps with limited income for our parents, this song (for me) reminds me of such times where we had very little money and material items, but we had an abundance of love and were seldom left to go without the essentials. My emmotions kick in when I think of my dear Mother bringing up the 4 of us on her own and doing her level best, we had no TV, play stations or food treats like chocolate or ice cream, but like I said, we had LOVE and plenty of it. Another observation from the comments - not a single negative can be found, how wonderful is that in this day and age?
This is the first time I'm actually listening to her songs and gosh I wish I had done so very long ago. I absolutely fell in love with this song. My parents work so hard for everything I have ever had and now I pay all my own things and help them with groceries and bills. It feels so good to give back to them after all they have done for me.
Wow wow wow! I had never heard that song before today. Those lyrics are absolutely beautiful! There are many Nashville stars, but Dolly truly is an artist.
I did not have a "coat of many colors" but I did have a skirt knitted by my mum. Being a poor immigrant family, mum would buy jumpers from the opportunity shops and I would help unravel the jumpers and roll into balls ready to be knitted into something different, like jumpers or skirts. as a six year old, I remember my favourite item mum made me was a skirt with braces over the shoulder. The skirt was black but had round rows of different colors. I loved this skirt and would wear different blouses with it. Years later when I first heard singer Dolly Parton’s song “Coat of Many Colors”, it strongly reminded me of that skirt.
OMG! This song is so meaningful and just struck a nerve in my heart! Wow! Very simple melody and accompaniment but the words are so powerful! Thank you for the music, Dolly Parton!
The song moves every heart even the rich once they faced some hardships in life and such song is from the Bottom of a true heart , it makes me shade Tears
I have always loved this song without understanding it, but today I read the lyrics and fell in love with every line. This song is evergreen and resonates with everyone who has known hardship and most of all love and affection.
This song has such beautiful memories for me my mum always played this to me a s a child when my mum passed away last year we played this song on the way out at her funeral I cryed so hard and wished I could have my mum sing it just one more time to me Thank you mum for leaving me a beautiful song that will alway have me thinking of are time together And thanks to dolly too 🌸
Who's with me 2019 and still feel the same way they felt the first time you listened....... Even being a man I have a soft heart ♥ and still fell like crying 😢 just like the first time I listened too
quick story that I feel like I need to share. I come form an under pillaged area in Kentucky. My family never really struggled financially, or not that I know of anyway. However, my mom loves sewing and used to make me things like coats. One of these was a really cute purple coat with little roses on it when I was in first or second grade. At the time, I'd not heard much if any Dolly Parton, maybe "9 to 5" but that would have been about it. One of my teachers, Miss S, asked me about that coat at recess one day and I told her my mom made it. She told me it reminded her of a song and sang this for me. I've only just rediscovered this song in college but wanted to write this out on the off hand chance she saw it, because that made my day then, and continues to years later whenever I'm having a hard time. So, Miss S, not that you remember that, I'm one of many kids form my area who went through your class with home made clothing, but thank you for lighting up hard times for years to come that you never knew you could when you sang this song for me.
My father introduced this song to me in 2018 when I had a new law firm and making little money. He told me to concentrate on making impact and I'd never be poor. He said true wealth is not in the money we make. This gave me so much confidence to continue. My law firm is 6 to 7 years old and I continue to do better every year and I am financially stable.
I’m listening in 2024 ! This song brings back so many memories. My mother always made sure we had clothes & did the best she could. Made my Easter dress every year though some would tell me it wasn’t pretty! It was Beautiful! My mother was the most Beautiful kind loving to so many made clothes for ones whom didn’t have. I’ll always treasure this song of Dollys
as a young child this was my favorite song out of all of her songs this is the best one in my opinion and I will always love Dolly Pardon forever she is my hero
I am 31 years old...My Grandfather was a tailor .....I was 8.He made me a coat of many colors...And i was made fun f for it...So this song hits the spot!...I was so proud to have it and wear it!..But they could not understand...Thank you Dolly:)
My mom loves this song this is such a good song and little sparrow I get the song a girl in pain sees a sparrow that Flys so high but didn't fell no pain at all the as songs are good I agree with Dorothy Bennett
My mom made all my clothes while I was growing up. I got picked on all the time about it cos we couldn't pay "store bought" clothes. My mom sewed very well and made clothes for a lot of our "neighbors". So this song hits home for me. I still make a lot of my own clothes. Something very satisfying when you say "I made it" and folks look surprised.
aww me2 my mum made some of my clothes cuz she liked sewing & knitting we weren't dirt poor tho... I took up making clothes in my 20's made both my wedding dresses (yes 2 marriages)... good hobby to have... :)
This song is really makes me recall my memory when I was you as being a poor child in our mountain village. It still feels in to my heart deeply. Very good song she has sung.
I love listening to it with my seven year old son who told me about it. His music teacher told him about the song.We listen to it every night before we go to bed and have also sent the link of the song to our dear ones. It makes us cry.good song.
I remember being about 8 years old riding the bus with my portable CD player listening to this and it made me thankful for what i got and not what I don't kids need music like this