Tempted and tried
We're oft made to wonder
Why could it be thus
All the day long
While there are others
Living about us
Never molested
Though in the wrong
Farther along we'll
Know all about it
Farther along we'll
Understand why
Cheer up my brother
Live in the sunshine
We'll understand it
All by and by
When death has come and
Taken our loved ones
It leaves our home so
Lonely and drear
Then do we wonder
Why others prosper
Living so wicked
Year after year
Farther along we'll
Know all about it
Farther along we'll
Understand why
Cheer up my brother
Live in the sunshine
We'll understand it
All by and by