Tempted and tried we're oft' made to wonder 
Why it should be thus all the day long 
While there are others living about us 
Never molested, though in the wrong 

Farther along we'll know more 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 
Leaving our homes so lonely and drear 
Then do we wonder how others prosper 
Living so wicked year after year 

Farther along we'll know more about it 
Farther along we'll understand why 
Cheer up my brother live in the sunshine 
We'll understand it all by and by