dick - what about this version of Farther Along by Woody guthrie

Farther Along

Traditional, Arranged and adapted by Woody Guthrie

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.

cho: Farther along, we'll know all about it.
Farther along, we'll understand why,
Cheer up my brothers, walk in the sunshine
We'll understand it all, by and by.

When death has come and taken our loved ones,
Leaving our homes so lone and so drear,
Then do we wonder why others prosper
Living as sinners year after year.

cho:

Often I wonder why I must journey
Over a road so rugged and steep,
While there are others living in comfort
While with the lost I labour and weep.

Cho

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.

We'll understand it all by and by.

freda