Burl Ives - Will the circle be unbroken ? lyrics

Burl Ives - Will the circle be unbroken ?

I was standing by my window

On a 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

By and by, Lord, by and by

There's a better home awaiting

In the sky, Lord, in the sky

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Well I told the undertaker

Undertaker please drive slow

For the body that you are hauling

Lord, I hate to see her go

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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 her grave

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Went back home, Lord, oh so lonesome

Since my mother she was gone

All my brothers, sisters crying

What a home so sad and 'lone

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