Daddy Sang Bass

I remember when I was a lad

Times were hard and things were bad

But there's a silver lining behind every cloud

Just poor 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 and it won't be long

I'll rejoin them in a song

I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne

Oh 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

I remember after work

Mama would call in all of us

You could hear us singing for a country mile

Now little brother has done gone on

But I'll rejoin him in a song

And we'll be together again up yonder in a 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

I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne

Oh 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...