| I was standing by my window
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| On a cold and rainy day
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| When I saw that hearse come rolling
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| For to take my mother away.
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| Will the circle be unbroken
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| By and by, Lord, by and by There’s a better home a-waiting
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| In the sky, Lord, in the sky.
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| I said to that undertaker
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| 'Undertaker, please, drive slow'
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| 'For that lady that you are carrying'
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| 'Lord, I hate to see here go'.
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| Will the circle be unbroken
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| By and by, Lord, by and by There’s a better home a-waiting
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| In the sky, Lord, in the sky.
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| Well, I followed close behind her
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| Tried to hold up and be brave
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| But I could not hold my sorrow
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| When they laid her in the grave.
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| Will the circle be unbroken
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| By and by, Lord, by and by There’s a better home a-waiting
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| In the sky, Lord, in the sky.
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| Will the circle be unbroken
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| By and by, Lord, by and by There’s a better home a-waiting
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| In the sky, Lord, in the sky. |