Linda Ronstadt - 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 CorporationOne day a mother went to a prisonTo see an erring but precious sonShe told the warden how much she loved himIt did not matter what he had doneShe did not bring to him a parole or pardonShe brought no silver, no pomp or styleIt was a halo bright sent down from heaven's lightThe sweetest gift, a mother's smileShe left a smile you can rememberShe's gone to heaven from heartaches freeThose walls around you could never change herYou were her baby and e'er will beShe did not bring to him a parole or pardonShe brought no silver, no pomp or styleIt was a halo bright sent down from heaven's lightThe sweetest gift, a mother's smileShe did not bring to him a parole or pardonShe brought no silver, no pomp or styleIt was a halo bright sent down from heaven's lightThe sweetest gift, a mother's smileThe sweetest gift, a mother's smile
