Can the circle be unbroken

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

1.
I was standing by the window
on one cold and cloudy day,
when I saw the hearse come rolling
for to carry my mother away.

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2.
Lord, I told the undertaker:
"Undertaker, please drive slow,
for this body you are hauling,
Lord, I hate to see her go."

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3.
For I followed close behind her,
tried to cheer up and be brave,
but my sorrows I could not hide them,
when they laid her in the grave.

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4. Went back home, Lord,
my home was lonesome,
since my mother she was gone.
All my brothers and sisters crying,
what a home, so sad and lone.

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