Cash, Johnny - Daddy Sang Bass Lyrics






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 gonna 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.
Cause 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 gonna join the family circle at the Throne.
Oh, 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.
In the sky, Lord, in the sky.





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  1. S.... 1....

    Daddy sang bass

  2. M.... c....

    rest in peace johnny and june

  3. H.... W....

    Paint me Johnny in a better place

  4. C.... X....

    I remember the first I ever heard this. I was 8. I thought my first Johnny Cash song was Ring of Fire in high school...til I realized this was one of his songs. Careful-I'm not as old as you think. Johnny Cash died when I was in middle school, 2003. My 10th grade English teacher said I sand Ring of Fire perfectly.

  5. M.... ....

    I'm set to be born in 2074 and I love Johnny Cash.

  6. A.... B....

    Beautiful soul this man was

  7. C.... B....

    Ok Boomer

  8. P.... N....

    ...cuz singing seems to help a troubled soul...

  9. B.... G....

    Daddy sang bass, Momma made dinner

  10. C.... s....

    Hello 🌻🌻👍

  11. M.... A....

    Classic country music is the best .
    Johnny Cash , Hank Williams Sr. , George Jones , Merle Haggard , Stonewall Jackson and the list goes on and on .
    Today's musicians could learn a lot about music from the list of names mentioned and so many others of that time .

  12. D.... J....

    Backstory books are the ones you want have

  13. C.... D....

    Daddy smoked crack

    Momma shot heron

    Me n little brother would roll joints all night long

  14. E.... M....

    Wher is this country now


    Kids adults elders all praise this man
    And here's stupid lil nas x tryn to get dumb old town road on the country station

  15. r.... Y....

    My Mom said the Statler bro's are singing backup

    r.... Y....

    Yes, the Statler Bros. are singing, but they are not backup singers. The Statler Bros. had been singing for a few years when they did this song with Johnny Cash. Most people think that June Carter Cash is singing with them, but she's not, the singer is the country singer Jan Howard.

  16. V.... P....

    This song can make grown men cry.

  17. b.... ....

    I always thought it was "mama saying dinner"

  18. B.... F....

    Such a beautiful song

  19. A.... C....

    They’ll rejoin him in a song, whuaahuauaua. But it’ll be them, bi and bi.

  20. D.... v....

    Johnny is Right singing and make music give you happiness and forgot your troubles

  21. R.... H....

    If I'm bad its because I'm helping sarah write it's not any thing but fuction

  22. R.... H....

    George jones

  23. R.... H....

    She didn't deserve or would like how I'm treated

  24. R.... H....

    She loved me

  25. R.... H....

    Planters peoples bank juicy fruit 1/2 stick moma mac

  26. R.... H....

    Hannah teases me I'm not a bad guy peoples

  27. S.... S....

    Daddy sang bass, mammy played fiddle .Bash out the Cash.

  28. A.... ....

    He is singing in that circle today and ik they probably adopted hank into their to

  29. H.... F....

    Great song

  30. L.... B....

    Now he rejoins them in a song

  31. b.... ....

    I remember when my high school history teacher was playing Johnny Cash in class, and this song was on there. This was the day I became a fan of Johnny Cash.

  32. J.... 2....

    391 people sucked ass st singing bass.

  33. T.... D....

    That fucking bass voice tho holy shit

  34. M.... B....

    I love Johnny cash

  35. D.... M....

    This sounds like Fat Bottomed Girls 🤔

  36. p.... d....

    "Daddy sang bass"

    p.... d....

    “Mama sang tenor”

  37. T.... L....

    A few days before my grandma died, she explained the meaning of this song while it was playing. She was a huge Johnny Cash fan. I was touched by the meaning, especially when she was just diagnosed with cancer and in hospice. She wasn’t one to be sentimental either. The next morning she had a horrible stroke that made her unable to communicate and she rapidly declined from there. When she was getting close to passing, but not able to let go, I kept humming this song to her. I didn’t know the melody 100% but I improvised. It was the meaning and intent that mattered. My aunt got into too if I remember right. This was a pivotal moment when we expressed acceptance of her passing and that we’ll be okay. She finally died about an hour later. We were relieved for her, and celebrated by playing her absolute favorite songs One Bourbon One Scotch and Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood. Yesterday, 5/2/19, was 7 years since her passing 🌤💐 HEY Oddone! Stop looking at me! You looked at me first!! 😜 You know I *might* actually miss you if you weren’t intruding in my dreams so much! Don’t you have better things to do?😂 Love you so much Grandma!!! 💕💕💕

    T.... L....

    Tanya L 👍👍

  38. J.... S....

    I have heard this so many times and just realized he said now little brother has gone on. His brother died from being nearly chopped in half by a saw

    J.... S....

    Before reading the lyrics I thought to hear "... little brother`s long gone home."
    However J.C. has rejoined the circle at the throne.

  39. J.... D....

    I have Always LOVED Me Some Johnny Cash!!

  40. M.... c....

    This is true music

  41. T.... H....

    April 29th, 2019. Playing this loud as fuck while playing red dead online.

  42. G.... D....

    I’m not much of a country fan but I really like this song.

  43. A.... ....

    I think the song "will the circle be unbroken" from bioshock infinite was inspired from this

  44. R.... ....

    "I took my boat for a car...I took that car for a ride..."

  45. B.... D....

    Johnny Cash, The man in Black. Is my old name. The woman in black. Whew! In the sky Lord. I Love you Father. In Jesus name i pray Amen

  46. C.... A....

    My grandmama passed her love of Johnny Cash onto me and we bonded over it. I was born on his birthday, and she died on the anniversary of his death. We'll be together again up yonder in a little while.

  47. M.... ....

    My little brother is in rehab and my momma is too far away to visit regularly, they are still alive, but this song still helps me from getting the blues.

  48. N.... ....

    its another 40 years before im even conceived and i love johnny cash

  49. d.... a....

    im in the whom still and i love this type of music i was born in the wrong generation i wish i could've had the plague

  50. E.... D....

    🦉🦉🦉🌷🌷🌷🐒

  51. S.... E....

    Playing call of duty 3 2006 while listen to this song memories

  52. J.... K....

    Hearing this sung in quartet style is amazing!

  53. m.... d....

    Daddy sang bass mama sang tenor me n little brother will join right in

  54. G.... ....

    The only thing i hate about johnny cash is...the songs are to short :P

  55. B.... G....

    Awesome song ❤

    B.... G....

    Awesome song

  56. M.... P....

    j'adore cette belle chanson pleine d'espoir!!

  57. S.... O....

    I’m 16 but I’ve grown up with what kids my age call oldies and they are my favorite

  58. m.... h....

    Am 14 I love Johnny cash and people are like wtf its like , not everyone likes present day music

  59. D.... ....

    I will be born in a few weeks and I already love Johnny Cash !

  60. I.... ....

    I’m only a sperm cell and I love this music

  61. n.... l....

    This is my favorite song ❤️

  62. b.... ....

    *D a d d y s a n g b a s s*

  63. C.... A....

    Got some looks from some people driving down the street blasting Johnny Cash, and other older songs.

  64. C.... ....

    He sings better than Bieber

  65. v.... ....

    Listen to the Swedish band, its Amazing  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c5v02YoJkM

  66. 3.... ....

    back when i was a little kid, my dad would play this for me and my little brother, i thought the song was about my family, just me, my momma, my brother and my daddy, but my dad left my family, now it’s just my brother and mom, i love you daddy, i sob every time i hear this song, i want my family back god

  67. s.... s....

    I love this song

  68. D.... A....

    As a 17-year old boy from India, sent to study in Munich, Germany, I first heard Johnny Cash on the American Forces Radio Network in 1958. He promptly became my favourite singer. Today I'm 77, and he still is !

  69. m.... r....

    wonderful singer 💕 ⛄❄🎄

  70. T.... D....

    Love you Grandpa!

  71. O.... V....

    😁😁😁😁😁😁😊😊😊

  72. m.... ....

    The song was written by Carl Perkins but it was recorded by Johnny. He and Carl toured together and were really tight. The "little brother" mentioned in the song is about Johnny's older brother Jack, who was killed at age 15. This is not myth. Johnny mentioned it in an interview. that is who the "little brother" is in the song.

  73. p.... ....

    This is the only song that stops my son from crying.

  74. D.... G....

    Great x

  75. M.... J....

    This song paints a picture of me being young in the house after school . good times man good times

  76. W.... M....

    There will never be another Jonny Cash RIP

  77. B.... W....

    Johnny Cash, June Carter & the Statler Brothers, it's bin awhile EH ?? 🇨🇦😏😊😄😅😆🤣😂...

  78. C.... W....

    JOHNNY CASH WAS THE G.O.A.T

  79. S.... M....

    Ok I will call you tomorrow

  80. H.... m....

    I am still in the womb and this is my favorite to listen to through my mum's placenta. I would say I was born in the wrong generation but I haven't been born yet nor I do I know what generation I'm in.

    H.... m....

    It's been 4 months. You out yet? I wanna complain that you dont have any work ethic and dont know the value of a dollar

    H.... m....

    @Graham Lopez babies these days...

  81. A.... H....

    Smoking a big joint

  82. h.... ....

    Wow, rhyme "tenor" on "in there" while switching to double time.. He was WAY ahead of time! Bow before him!!1eleven

  83. O.... P....

    I'm 2 days old and I love Johnny

  84. J.... C....

    I love this song!!! And I been everywhere man, burning ring of fire and walk the line are my favorite. Like if one of these are your favorite...

  85. A.... M....

    I’m 15 and this is one of my favorite songs 😂

  86. J.... P....

    How many people actually know what tenor is

  87. p.... ....

    There are two types of people in the world.

    People who love Johnny Cash
    and
    People who've never listened to Johnny Cash

    p.... ....

    Glaceon Pokèmon yo is a bitch motherfucker Johnny was a great man for most his life and I’m not even religious but he’s in heaven unlike where you’re goin

    p.... ....

    Grew up listening to him and many other great country artists

    p.... ....

    *Correction: There are two types of people in this world; those who like Johnny Cash and those who like Pop.

    p.... ....

    @Glaceon Pokèmon why did you vote for Trump= YOU'RE AN IDIOT!!

    p.... ....

    pubclubdude very true 😊

  88. S.... M....

    I have a feeling that this song is about the Everly Brothers and their parents, Ike and Margaret.

  89. S.... F....

    Thankyou very much.
    👍🎸🎼

  90. B.... L....

    People used to get together and listen to records. My dad and his friend used to sing along with this one. I miss him.

  91. P.... P....

    i remember when i was a lad
    times were hard and things were bad
    but there's a silver linin' behind ev'ry cloud
    just poor people that 's all we were
    tryin' to make a livin' out of black-land dirt
    but we'd get together in a family circle singin' loud

    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
    though 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 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

    daddy sang bass (mama sang tenor)
    me and little brother would join right in there
    'cause 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
    oh 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
    in the sky, lord, in the sky

  92. f.... ....

    Statlers back there?

  93. L.... B....

    Was written by Carl Perkins

  94. M.... M....

    I'm a 14 year old transexual albino midget and love Johnny cash.

  95. L.... 1....

    My dad played cash when I was a child, his songs have always stuck with me and always will.

  96. D.... Y....

    Great song

  97. E.... O....

    I took my boat for a car

  98. C.... A....

    Chilean guy here, I discovered this music in Tennessee and now that I am in Florida I realized how much I love it. In less of two months I will visit my family at the south of the world and we will sing together in the unbreakable familiar circle. Love