♪ We'll understand it all by and by. ♪♪ Tempted and tried, we're all 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 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 homes so lonely and drear. ♪♪ Then shall we wonder why others prosper. ♪♪ Living so we can 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. We'll understand it. ♪♪ We'll understand it all by and by. ♪