Acoustic Bluegrass, traditional Appalachian folk, soulful male/female vocal, melancholic, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, 1930s style, gospel harmony

[Verse 1]
I was standing by my window
On a cold and cloudy day
When I saw the hearse come rolling
For to carry my mother away.

[Chorus]
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.

[Verse 2]
Well, I went back home, home was lonely
For my mother she was gone
And all my family there was cryin'
For our home felt sad and alone.

[Chorus]
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.

[Verse 3]
Undertaker, undertaker, undertaker
Won't you please drive slow
For that lady you are haulin'
Lord, I hate to see her go.

[Chorus]
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.

[Outro]
There's a better home awaiting
In the sky Lord, in the sky...
[End]