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 all about it
Farther along we'll understand why
Cheer up, my sister, live in the sunshine
'Cause we'll understand it all by and by

Sometimes I wonder why must I suffer
Out in the rain, the cold and the snow?
When there are many living in comfort
Giving no heed to all that I know

Farther along we'll know all about it
Farther along we'll understand why
Cheer up, my sister, live in the sunshine
'Cause we'll understand it all by and by

Often when death has taken our loved ones
Leaving 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
Oh, cheer up, my sister, live in the sunshine
'Cause we'll understand it all by and by

Yeah, we'll understand it all by and by