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Will the Circle Be Unbroken

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Performer

Mother Maybelle Carter

Mother Maybelle Carter

Vocals

Randy Scruggs

Background Vocals

Alice McEuen

Background Vocals

Betty Travis

Background Vocals

Chet Flippo

Background Vocals

Doc Watson

Guitar

Earl Scruggs

Banjo

Fred Cross

Background Vocals

Gary Scruggs

Background Vocals

Gloria Belle

Background Vocals

Jeff Hanna

Background Vocals

Jimmie Fadden

Harmonica

Jimmy Ibbotson

Background Vocals

John McEuen

Mandolin

Junior Huskey

Bass

Larry Murray

Background Vocals

Les Thompson

Background Vocals

Louise Scruggs

Background Vocals

Martha Flippo

Background Vocals

Merle Travis

Guitar

Mike Carr

Background Vocals

Pete Kirby

Dobro

Ray Martin

Background Vocals

Steven Scrugg

Background Vocals

Timmy Martin

Background Vocals

Vassar Clements

Vassar Clements

Fiddle

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

A.P. Carter

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Randy Scruggs

Producer

William E. McEuen

William E. McEuen

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I was standin' by my window

On one cold and cloudy day

When I saw this hearse come rollin'

For to carry my mother away

[Verse 2]

Will the circle be unbroken

By my Lord, by and by

There's a better home awaiting

In the sky, Lord, in the sky

[Verse 3]

Lord, I told the undertaker

Undertaker, please drive slow

For this body you are haulin'

Lord, I hate to see her go

[Verse 4]

Will the circle be unbroken

By and by, Lord, by and by

There's a better home awaiting

In the sky, Lord, in the sky

[Verse 5]

Come in, Doc Watkins

[Verse 6]

I will follow close behind her

Try to hold up and be brave

But I could not hide my sorrow

When they laid her in her grave

[Verse 7]

Will the circle be unbroken

By my Lord, by and by

There's a better home awaiting

In the sky, Lord, in the sky

[Verse 8]

I went back home, boy, my home was lonesome

Miss my mother, she was gone

All my brothers, sisters cryin'

What a home, so sad and lone

[Verse 9]

Will the circle be unbroken

By and by, Lord, by and by

There's a better home awaiting

In the sky, Lord, in the sky

[Verse 10]

Will the circle be unbroken

By and by, Lord, by and by

There's a better home awaiting

In the sky, Lord, in the sky

Written by: A.P. Carter, Ada Habershon, Charles H. Gabriel

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