I was standing
at my window,
on a cold and cloudy day,
when I saw the
hearse come rollin
oh, to carry my mother away.

May the circle be unbroken
by and by,
Lord by and by
There's a better
home awaiting,
In the sky, Lord
in the sky

Well, I told the Undertaker
"undertaker,
please please drive slow,
Cause the lady,
that you're haulin,
Lord I hate to see her go."

May the circle be unbroken
by and by,
Lord by and by
There's a better
home awaiting,
In the sky, Lord
in the sky

I will follow,
close behind her,
try to hold by and be brave,
but I could not
hold my sorrow,
when they laid her in the grave.

May the circle be unbroken
by and by,
Lord by and by
There's a better
home awaiting,
In the sky, Lord
in the sky