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
trying to make a living
out of black land dirt
We'd get together
in a family circle
singing loud
Daddy sang bass
mama sang tenor
me and little brother
would join right in there
Singing 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
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
Now 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
We'll be together again
up yonder in a little while
Daddy sang bass
mama sang tenor
me and little brother
would join right in there
'Cause singing 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
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