Can The Circle Be Unbroken

Ab C# Ab I was standing by the window, on one cold and cloudy day D# Ab and I saw the hearse come rolling for to carry my mother away. Ab C# Ab Can the circle be unbroken? By and by Lord, by and by. D# Ab There's a better home awaiting in the sky lord in the sky. Ab C# Ab Lord, I told the undertaker, undertaker please drive slow. D# Ab For this body you are hauling lord I hate to see her go. Ab C# Ab Can the circle be unbroken? By and by, Lord by and by. D# Ab There's a better home awaiting in the sky lord in the sky. Ab C# Ab I followed close behind her, tried to hold up and be brave. D# Ab But I could not hide my sorrow as they laid her in the grave. Ab C# Ab Can the circle be unbroken? By and by lord by and by. D# Ab There's a better home awaiting in the sky lord in the sky. Ab C# I went back home, Lord. My home was lonesome. Yes my mother she was Ab gone. D# Ab All my brothers and sisters crying for our home so sad and alone. Ab C# Ab Can the circle be unbroken? By and by, Lord by and by. D# Ab There's a better home awaiting in the sky, Lord in the sky.