Shall The Circle Be Unbroken

I was standing by the station

On a cold and cloudy day

When I saw the hearse come rollin'

For to take my mother away.



Shall the circle be unbroken?

By and by lord, by and by,

There's a better home a-waitin'

In the sky lord, in the sky.



Well I told the undertaker:

Undertaker, please drive slow,

For this body you are haulin'

Lord, I hate to see her go



Shall the circle be unbroken?

By and by lord, by and by,

There's a better home a-waitin'

In the sky lord, in the sky



Well 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



Shall the circle be unbroken?

By and by lord, by and by,

There's a better home a-waitin'

In the sky lord, in the sky