After the Clouds Roll By

a 1922 popular song
words by R. A. Webb
music by Clarence Krause

The sheet music:

After-the-Clouds-Roll-By – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment:

After-the-Clouds-Roll-By – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. There may come a time in your life
    You’ll feel the struggle and strife
    Your goal in life you try to gain
    Try as you may it seems in vain
    You feel lonely, weary, and blue
    The world seems cold and dreary to you
    Things will quickly brighten in the after while
    And your burdens lighten, if you only smile

Chorus
Down the stream of life
You paddle your own canoe
Always wear a smile
Give the best there is in you
Though the clouds of sorrow arise
Smiles will drive them from the skies
In life’s dreary hours
There’ll be sunshine and flowers
You’ll find a bright blue sky
After the clouds roll by

  1. When some shadow darkens your name
    The world’s always quick to blame
    The pals for whom you’d even die
    May someday turn and pass you by
    When you’re alone without a home
    All down and out, no one that’s your own
    Just laugh at your cares, sunshine’s made that way
    When the tide of life turns, luck will come to stay

Sung here by Fred Feild: