Daddy Sang Bass

I remember when I was a lad Times were hard and things were bad There's a silver linin' behind every cloud Just four people that 's all we were Tryin' to make a livin' out of black-land dirt We'd get together in a family circle singin' loud Daddy sang bass, (mama sang tenor) Me and little brother would join right in there Singin' seems to help a troubled soul One of these days, it won't be long I'll rejoin them in a song And we're gonna sing again up yonder around a throne Though the circle won't be broken By and by, Lord, by and by Daddy sang bass, (mama sang tenor) Me and little brother would join right in there In the sky, Lord, in the sky I remember after work mama would call in all of us And you could hear us singin' for a country mile Now little brother has done gone on I'll rejoin him for too long We'll gonna sing again up yonder in a little while Daddy sang bass, (mama sang tenor) Me and little brother would join right in there Singin' seems to help a troubled soul One of these days and it won't be long I'll rejoin them in a song We're gonna sing again up yonder around a throne No, the circle won't be broken By and by, Lord, by and by Daddy sang bass, (mama sang tenor) Me and little brother would join right in there In the sky, Lord, in the sky In the sky, Lord, in the sky