By and By

By and By…irrepressible high spirits, joyfully overflowing the bounds of key and time signatures.

Oh, by and by, by and by,
I’m gonna lay down this heavy load.

I know my robe’s gonna fit me well,
‘Cause I tried it on at the gates of hell.

Oh, hell is a deep and dark despair,
So stop poor sinner, an’ a-don’t go there.

Oh, one of these mornings, bright and fair,
Gonna take my wings and cleave the air.

Oh, when I get to heaven gonna sing and shout
For there’s no one there to turn me out.