Will the Circle be Unbroken?

I was standing by the window, On one cold and cloudy day,

 

And I saw the hearse come rolling, for to take my mother away.

 

Chorus:

Will the circle be unbroken, By and by, Lord, by and by,

 

There's a better home awaiting, In the sky, Lord, in the sky.

 

 

Lord, I told the undertaker,

'Undertaker, please drive slow,

For the body you are taking,

Lord, I hate to see her go (Chorus)

 

I followed close behind her,

Tried to hold up and be brave,

But I could not hide my sorrow,

When they laid her in the grave. (Chorus)

 

Will the circle be unbroken,

By and by, Lord, by and by,

There's a better home awaiting

In the sky, Lord, in the sky. (Chorus)

 

 

 

 

*Ada Habershon wrote “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” in 1907. A.P. Carter reworked the song in the early

1920’s as “Can the Circle Be Unbroken”