Written by Carl Perkins
Recorded by Johnny Cash on 7/30/68
Number one - County Chart; Number 42 - Pop Chart

I 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 ...

CHORUS
Daddy sang bass, Mama sang tenor
Me and little brother would right in there
Singin' seems to help a troubled soul

One of these days and it won't be long
I'll re them in a song
I'm gonna 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 right in there
In the sky, Lord, in the sky.

Now I 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 re him in a song
We'll be together again up yonder in a little while.

CHORUS
Daddy sang bass, Mama sang tenor
Me and little brother would right in there
Singin' seems to help a troubled soul

One of these days and it won't be long
I'll re them in a song
I'm gonna 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 right in there
In the sky, Lord, in the sky.
In the sky, Lord, in the sky.