The Sweetest Gift

Linda Ronstadt (with Emmylou Harris): The Sweetest Gift (J.B. Coats - 1942) 4/4 - 68 bpm On the Linda Ronstadt Album: Prisoner in Disguise - 1975. [Intro]      [Verse 1] 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. [Chorus] She did not bring        a parole or pardon.            (bring to him             pardon plea). She brought no silver          no pomp or style.               (brought no gold            none to see). It was a halo         sent down from heaven.         (halo bright                 heaven’s light). The sweetest gift a mother’s smile. [Interlude]      [Verse 2] 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. [Chorus] She did not bring        a parole or pardon.            (bring to him             pardon plea). She brought no silver          no pomp or style.               (brought no gold            none to see). It was a halo         sent down from heaven.         (halo bright                 heaven’s light). The sweetest gift a mother’s smile. [Interlude]                [Chorus] She did not bring        a parole or pardon.            (bring to him             pardon plea). She brought no silver          no pomp or style.               (brought no gold            none to see). It was a halo         sent down from heaven.         (halo bright                 heaven’s light). The sweetest gift a mother’s smile. [Outro] The sweetest gift a mother’s smile. Tab by: André H. Hofman The Netherlands EU 2019-07-01.