Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors Brings Fall Inspiration

Many years ago, I took my children to Dolly Parton's Amusement Park in Tennessee called Dollywood. On the way out of town, I stopped at a used CD store and picked up several of her albums. We listened to them on the way there and back home. While we at the park, we had lots of fun and learned quite a bit about music too. I bought the Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton and was delighted to find Shania Twain's version of Dolly's song "Coat of Many Colors" on the CD. The lyrics below and a video of the women together above will inspire you and me both in some fall art.
Coat of Many Colors

Back through the years
I go wonderin' once again
Back to the seasons of my youth
I recall a box of rags that someone gave us
And how my momma put the rags to use
There were rags of many colors
Every piece was small
And I didn't have a coat
And it was way down in the fall
Momma sewed the rags together

Sewin' every piece with love
She made my coat of many colors
That I was so proud of
As she sewed, she told a story
From the bible, she had read

About a coat of many colors
Joseph wore and then she said
Perhaps this coat will bring you
Good luck and happiness
And I just couldn't wait to wear it
And momma blessed it with a kiss

My coat of many colors
That my momma made for me
Made only from rags
But I wore it so proudly
Although we had no money
I was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors
My momma made for me
So with patches on my britches
Holes in both my shoes

In my coat of many colors
I hurried off to school
Just to find the others laughing
And making fun of me
In my coat of many colors
My momma made for me

And oh I couldn't understand it
For I felt I was rich
And I told them of the love
My momma sewed in every stitch
And I told 'em all the story
Momma told me while she sewed
And how my coat of many colors
Was worth more than all their clothes

But they didn't understand it
And I tried to make them see
That one is only poor
Only if they choose to be
Now I know we had no money
But I was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors
My momma made for me
Made just for me

This wonderful song is a sweet thought about wealth and what it is. And, brings to my mind images of hiking in the Smoky Mountains. Take a walk outside with your camera in the next weeks of fall colors and capture some.