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Hazel Dickens: Pretty Bird, 1967 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlAfA1AF4TQ

Lyrics below. This song was recorded in 1967, and released on the LP, "Hazel & Alice" (Rounder Records, 1973). Composed by James B. Coats (1901 - 1961).
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One day a mother came 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 parole or pardon (free)
She brought no silver no pomp or style
It was a halo bright sent down from heaven ('s light)
The sweetest gift a mother's smile

Her boy had wandered far from the fireside
Tho she had pleaded with him each night
Yet not a word did she ever utter
That told her heart ached, her smile was bright

She did not bring to him parole or pardon (free)
She brought no silver no pomp or style
It was a halo bright sent down from heaven ('s light)
The sweetest gift a mother's smile

She left a smile you can remember
She's gone to heaven from heartaches free
The bars around you will never change her
You were her baby and e're will be...

She did not bring to him parole or pardon (free)
She brought no silver no pomp or style
It was a halo bright sent down from heaven ('s light)
The sweetest gift a mother's smile.

JB Coats
"David Hertzberg"