Daddy Sang Bass

                                  I remember when I was a lad

Times were hard and things were bad

But there's a silver linin' behind every cloud

Just poor people that's all we were

Tryin' to make a livin' out of black land earth

We'd get together in a family circle singin' loud



Daddy sang bass, mama sang tenor

And me and little brother would join right in there

All 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

Bye and bye Lord, bye and bye

Daddy'll sing bass, mama'll sing tenor

Me and little brother will 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

And me and little brother would join right in there

All 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

Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye

Daddy'll sing bass, mama'll sing tenor

And me and little brother would join right in there

In the sky Lord, in the sky

In the sky Lord, in the sky