[Verse]

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One day a mother went to a prison

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To see an erring but precious son

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She told the warden how much she loved him

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It did not matter what he had done

[Chorus]

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She did not bring to him a parole or pardon

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She brought no silver, no pomp or style

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It was a halo bright sent down from heaven's light

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The sweetest gift, a mother's smile

[Verse]

She left a smile you can remember

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She's gone to Heaven from heartaches free

Those walls around you could never change her

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You were her baby and e'er will be

[Chorus]

A
She did not bring to him a parole or pardon

               E7                 A

She brought no silver, no pomp or style

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It was a halo bright sent down from heaven's light

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The sweetest gift, a mother's smile