As when I was a little girl
Times were hard in this whole world
But there's a silver lining behind every cloud
Just poor people
That's all we were
Tryin' to make a living out of black land dirt
We'd get together in a family circle and sing out loud

Daddy sang bass
Mama sang tenor
Me and little brother would join right in there
Singin' seems to help us 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 while

Daddy sang bass
In the sky
Lord, in the sky