Sweetest Gift, The

Written by James B. Coats

Key of C · Chords: I V

Verse

          C                C
One day a mother came to a prison
          G                   C
To see an erring but precious son
             C                   C
She told the warden how much she loved him
           G                  C
It did not matter what he had done

Chorus

            C                      C
She did not bring to him parole or pardon free
               G                             C
She brought no silver, gold no pomp or style to see
It was a halo bright brought down from heaven’s light
             C       G        C
The sweetest gift, a mother’s smile

Verse

Her boy had drifted far from the fireside
though she had pleaded with him each night
Yet not a word did she ever utter
That told her heartaches her smile was bright

Verse

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