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by Johnny Cash


Johnny Cash  - 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 all we were
                                         
Tryin' to make a livin' out of blackland earth
                                                
But we'd get together in a family circle singin' loud. ...


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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.

                                                   
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.


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