C     C                   C7
I was standing by my window,
     F               C
On a cold and cloudy day.
       C
When I saw that hearse come rolling,
       G        G7      C
For to carry my mother away.

:
         C                C7
Will the circle be unbroken,
       F                C
By and by, Lord, by and by?
          C
There's a better home a-waiting,
       C          G7     C
In the sky, Lord, in the sky.

        C                  C7
Lord, I told that undertaker,
      F                   C
"Undertaker, please drive slow.
        C
For the body you are hauling,
        C       G7      C
Lord, I hate to see her go."


        C                       C7
Lord, I followed close behind her,
         F              C
Tried to hold up and be brave.
      C
But I could not hide my sorrow,
          C        G7     C
When they laid her in the grave.


          C                              C7
Went back home, Lord, my home was lonesome,
         F               C
Since my mother, she was gone.
       C
All my brothers, sister cryin',
       C       G7      C
What a home so sad and lone.