Can the Circle Be Unbroken? - The Carter Family

I was standing by the window

On one cold and cloudy day

And I saw the hearse come rolling

For to carry my mother away

Can the circle be unbroken

By and by, Lord, by and by There’s a better home a-waiting

In the sky, Lord, in the sky

Lord, I told the undertaker

Undertaker, please drive slow

For this body you are hauling

How I hate to see her go I followed close beside her

Tried to hold up and be brave

But I could not hide my sorrow

When they laid her in the grave

Went back home

Lord my home was lonesome

All my brothers sisters crying

What a home so sad and lone