The Sweetest Gift Lyrics

The Sweetest Gift (A Mother’s Smile)

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