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