Will The Circle be Unbroken
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I was standing by my window on a cold & cloudy day
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When I saw the hearse come rolling for to carry my mother away
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Will the circle be unbroken by & by, Lord, by & by?
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There's a better home a-waiting In the sky, Lord, in the sky
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Lord, I told that undertaker 'Undertaker, please drive slow
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For this body you're a-hauling, Lord, I hate to see her go'
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I followed close behind her, tried to hold up & be brave
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But I could not hide my sorrow when they laid her in the grave
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Will the circle be unbroken by & by, Lord, by & by?
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There's a better home a-waiting In the sky, Lord, in the sky
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- original version Chadea H. Gabrid (adapted)
Will the circle be unbroken, by & by Lord by & by
There's a better way to live now, we can have it if we try
I was singing with my sisters, I was singing with my friends
And we all can sing together, 'cause the circle never ends
I was born down in the valley where the sun refused to shine
But I'm climbing up to the highland, gonna make that mountain mine!
- Cathy Winter, Belly Roic & Marda Taylor