Can The Circle Be Unbroken

I was standing by the window
On one cold and cloudy day
And I saw the hearse come rolling
For to carry my mother away

     Can the circle be unbroken
     Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye
     There's a better home a-waiting
     In the sky, Lord, in the sky

Lord, I told the undertaker
Undertaker, please drive slow
For this body you are hauling
How I hate to see her go

I followed close beside her
Tried to hold up and be brave
But I could not hide my sorrow
When they laid her in the grave

Went back home Lord my home was lonesome

Missd my mother she was gone

All my brothers sisters crying

What a home so sad and lone   

Recorded 5/5/35 New York, NY