(We'll understand it all by and by)
  Tempted and tried will oft' me to wonder
  Why it should be thus all the day long
  While there are others living about us
  Never more missed it, going alone
    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