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