[Verse 1]
I was standing by my window
On one cold and cloudy...
When they heard... come a'rollin
To carry my mother away

[Chorus]
Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, Lord, by and...
There's a better home awaiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky

[Verse 2]
And I told the undertaker
"Undertaker please drive slow
For this lady, that you haulin'
Oh, I hate to see her go"

[Chorus]
Will the circle be unbroken
By and...
There's a better home awaiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky

[Verse 3]
I will follow, long behind her
Try to stand up and be brave
But I could not hold my sorrow
When they laid her in the grave
[Chorus]
Will the circle be unbroken
By and...
There's a better home awaiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky