The Sweetest Gift Lyrics

written by J.B. Coats
© 1942 Stamps-Baxter Music & Ptg. Co.
© renewed 1970 by Stamps-Baxter Music & Ptg. Co.
© 1977 Stamps-Baxter Music of the Zondervan Corporation

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

Linda Ronstadt - Prisoner in Disguise

Oct 1990

1. Hey Mister, That's Me Up On The Jukebox
2. Roll Um Easy
3. Prisoner In Disguise
4. Many Rivers To Cross
5. The Sweetest Gift
6. You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down
7. I Will Always Love You
8. Silver Blue
9. Love Is A Rose (LP Version)
10. Tracks Of My Tears (LP Version)
11. Heat Wave (LP Version)