I remember when I was a lad, times were hard and things were bad, but there's a silver lining behind every cloud.
We're 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.
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 singin' for a country mile.
Now little brother is 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.
Singin' seems to help a troubled soul.
One of these days 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.
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.