"Coat of Many Colors" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Dolly Parton.

The excited child, "with patches on my britches and holes in both my shoes", rushed to school, "just to find the others laughing and making fun of me" for wearing a coat made of rags.

And oh I could not understand it, for I felt I was richAnd I told them of the love my momma sewed in every stitchAnd I told 'em all the story momma told me while she sewedAnd how my coat of many colors was worth more than all their clothes The song concludes with Parton singing the moral of her story:But they didn't understand it, and I tried to make them seeOne is only poor, only if they choose to beNow I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could beIn my coat of many colors my momma made for meParton has called the song "a world of things" and that "it teaches about bullying, about love, about acceptance, about good parents."

[1] On the original LP release of the 1975 compilation Best of Dolly Parton, the printed lyrics to the song appeared in the inner gatefold of the album, including a final verse that has never been included on any of Parton's recordings of the song: Dolly says the original coat was used for various other purposes but her mother did make a new one to use on display in her Chasing Rainbows Museum at Dollywood.

(Wagoner also donated the framed dry cleaning receipt - on which Parton composed the song - to the museum, where it now hangs.)

In 2022, Brandi Carlile and Pink performed the song together during Parton’s induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.