Will the circle

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

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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

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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

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Lord, I told that undertaker

"Undertaker, please drive slow

For this body you are hauling

Lord, I hate to see her go"

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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

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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

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