. "I was standing by the windowOn one cold and cloudy dayAnd I saw the hearse come rollingFor to carry my mother awayChorus:Can the circle be unbrokenBye and bye, Lord, bye and byeThere is a better home a-waitingIn the sky, Lord, in the skyLord, I told the undertakerUndertaker, please drive slowFor this body you are haulingHow I hate to see her goI followed close beside herTried to hold up and be brav" . . .