I was standing by my window
On a cold and cloudy day,
When I saw that hearse come rollin'
It was takin' my sister away.
"Undertaker, undertaker,
won't you please drive real slow.
There's my little baby sister
Lord, I sure hate to see her go."
Chorus:
Will the circle be unbroken?
By and by Lord, by and by,
There's a better home a-waitin'
In the sky Lord, in the sky.
I was standing by my window
On a cold and cloudy day,
When I saw that hearse come rollin'
It was takin' my mother away.
"Undertaker, undertaker,
won't you drive real slow.
There's my mother, my dear old mother,
I sure hate to see her go."
Chorus