This is from the BBC's Transatlantic Sessions. The 3 singers are Michelle Wright, Iris DeMent, and Mairead Ni Mhaonaight . This BBC series was my introduction to Iris DeMent and I have become a big fan. Mairead Ni Mhaonaight is really most known as an Irish fiddle player but she has the face and voice of an angel.
I was standing by my window,
On a cold and cloudy day
When I saw the hearse come rolling
For to carry my mother away
Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
Lord I told that undertaker
Undertaker please drive slow
For that body you are hauling
Lord, I hate to see her go
Oh, I followed close behind her
Tried to hold up and be brave
But I could not hide my sorrow
When they laid her in the grave
Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
I was born down, in the valley
Where the sun refused to shine
But I'm climbing up to the highlands
Gonna make that mountain mine.
Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
There's a better home a-waiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
