Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye & Bye) - The Carter Family

I was standing by my window

On one cold and cloudy day

When I saw that hearse come rolling

For to carry my mother away

Will the circle be unbroken

Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye

There’s better home a-waiting

In the sky, Lord, in the sky

I was standing by my window

On one cold and cloudy day

When I saw that hearse come rolling

For to carry my mother away

Lord, I told that undertaker

«Undertaker, please drive slow

For this body you are hauling

Lord, I hate to see her go»

Then 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

Went back home, Lord, my home was lonely

Now my mother she has gone

All my brothers, sisters crying

What a home, so sad and lone