Johnny Cash — Daddy Sang Bass At San Quentin

"And Carl Perkins wrote us another song, that tells about the reason for it all. It takes us back home and tells it like it was when I was a little bitty kid. We gathered around the piano, me and little brother would join in, and mama would sing tenor and daddy'd sing bass." I remember when I was a lad Times were hard and things were bad But there's a silver lining behind every cloud Just poor people, that's all we were Trying to make a living out of black land dirt We'd get together in a family circle singing loud Daddy sang bass, Mama sang tenor Me and little brother would join right in there Singing 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 going to 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 little while Daddy sang bass, Mama sang tenor Me and little brother would join right in there Singing 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 going to 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