One day a mother went to a prison lyrics

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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
(Bring to him)
Parole or pardon
(Pardon free)
She brought no silver
(Brought no gold)
No pomp nor style
(Him to see)
It was a halo
(Halo bright)
Sent down from heaven
(Heaven's light)
The sweetest gift
(A mother's smile)

Her boy had wandered
Far from the far side
Though she had pleaded
With him each night
But not a word did
She ever utter
That told her heartaches
Her smile was bright

(Repeat Chorus)

She left a smile
You can remember
She's gone to heaven
From heartache's free
Them bars around you
Will never change her
He was her baby
An error will be

(Repeat Chorus)

It was a halo bright
Sent down from heaven's light
The sweetest gift
A mother's smile

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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   (Bring to him)   Parole or pardon   (Pardon free)   She brought no silver   (Brought no gold)   No pomp nor style   (Him to see)   It was a halo   (Halo bright)   Sent down from heaven   (Heaven's light)   The sweetest gift   (A mother's smile)      Her boy had wandered    Far from the far side   Though she had pleaded   With him each night   But not a word did    She ever utter   That told her heartaches   Her smile was bright      (Repeat Chorus)      She left a smile   You can remember   She's gone to heaven   From heartache's free   Them bars around you   Will never change her   He was her baby   An error will be      (Repeat Chorus)      It was a halo bright   Sent down from heaven's light   The sweetest gift   A mother's smile

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One day a mother went 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 a parole or pardon
She brought no silver, no pomp or style
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 e'er will be

She did not bring to him a parole or pardon
She brought no silver, no pomp or style
It was a halo bright sent down from heaven's light
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile

She did not bring to him a parole or pardon
She brought no silver, no pomp or style
It was a halo bright sent down from heaven's light
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile
The sweetest gift, a mother's smile

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• Artist: Dolly Parton •Featuring artist: Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
• Translations: Romanian

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The sweetest gift

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One day a mother went 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 a parole or pardon

She brought no silver, no pomp or style

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 e'er will be

She did not bring to him a parole or pardon

She brought no silver, no pomp or style

It was a halo bright sent down from heaven's light

The sweetest gift, a mother's smile

She did not bring to him a parole or pardon

She brought no silver, no pomp or style

It was a halo bright sent down from heaven's light

The sweetest gift, a mother's smile

The sweetest gift, a mother's smile

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