© Arrangement By Smokey River Boys
      Robert Metzgar & Bob Zipkin (ASCAP)
      Walt Disney Music Co. (ASCAP)

       Verse Number One:

      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 blackland earth
      But we'd get together in a family circle singin' loud ...

      The Chorus:

      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
      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.

      Verse Number Two:

      Now 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.

      The Chorus:

      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
      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.

      [Tag] In the sky, Lord, in the sky.


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