In the mighty gallery of pictures There're scenes are painted from life, Scenes of and of beauty, Scenes of and strife, Scenes of and of plenty, Old age and the young bride, Hang on the - but the saddest of all Is a pictures life's other side.
A picture from life's side has fell by the way And a life has out with the tide might have been happy someday Some mother at home Is and a-waiting alone Longing to hear - from her loved one so That's a picture life's other side.
Now the first scene is one of two Their paths both diff'rently led One in luxury and riches And the other one for his bread One they met on the highway "Your money or life, sir", one And then his knife - took his own brother's life That's a picture life's other side.
The next scene is of a gambler Who had lost all his money at An' he draws his mother's ring from his finger she wore long ago on her wedding day It's his last treasure, but he stakes it Then he bows his head his shame he may hide But, when they lifted his head - they found he was That's a picture from life's side.
Now the last scene is down by the Of a heart-broken mother and In the harbor light see them shiver Outcasts that no one will Once she was once a true Somebody's darlin' and God her, she leaps - for there's no one to weep a picture from life's other side.