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