Daddy Sang Bass

Johnny Cash

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    I remember when I was a lad, times were hard and things were bad,
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    but there's a silver linin' behind every cloud.
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    Just poor people, that's all we were,
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    tryin' to make a livin' out of blackland  earth,
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    but we'd get together in a family circle singin' loud.

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Daddy sang bass, mama sang tenor,
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me and little brother would join right in there,
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'cause singin' seems to help a troubled soul.
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One of these days and it won't be long, I'll rejoin them in a song
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I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne.
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No, the circle won't be broken, bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye.
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Daddy'll sing bass, mama'll sing tenor,
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me and little brother will join right in there, in the sky, Lord, in the sky.

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    Now, I remember after work mama would call in all of us,
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    you could hear us singin' for a country mile.
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    Now, little brother has done gone on, but I'll rejoin him in a song,
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    we'll be together again up yonder in a little while.

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Daddy sang bass, mama sang tenor,
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me and little brother would join right in there,
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'cause singin' seems to help a troubled soul.
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One of these days and it won't be long, I'll rejoin them in a song
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I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne.
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No, the circle won't be broken, bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye.
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Daddy'll sing bass, mama'll sing tenor,
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me and little brother will join right in there, in the sky, Lord, in the sky
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in the sky, Lord, in the sky.