The Sweetest Gift



One day a mother came 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 him (bring to him)
Parole or pardon (pardon free)
She brought no silver (brought no gold)
No pomp or style (none to see)
It was a halo (halo bright)
Sent down from heaven (heaven's light)
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile

She left this smile you can remember
She's gone to heaven from heartaches free
Those bars around you could never change her
You were her baby and e'er will be

She did not bring him (bring to him)
Parole or pardon (pardon free)
She brought no silver (brought no gold)
No pomp or style (none to see)
It was a halo (halo bright)
Sent down from heaven (heaven's light)
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile


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