| Song | The Sweetest Gift |
| Artist | The Judds |
| Album | The Essential Judds |
| 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 | |
| (repeat chorus) | |
| 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 | |
| (repeat chorus) | |
| It was a halo bright | |
| Sent down from heaven's light | |
| The sweetest gift | |
| A mother's smile |