I remember when I was a lad
Times were hard and things were bad
But there's a silver lining behind every cloud
Just four people that's all we were
Tryin' to make a living 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
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
You could hear us singin'
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
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
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
In the sky Lord in the sky