[Verse 1]
There are loved ones in the glory
Whose dear forms you often miss
When you close your earthly story
Will you join them in their bliss?

[Chorus]
Will the circle be unbroken?
By and by, by and by
Is a better home awaiting
In the sky, in the sky?

[Verse 2]
In the joyous days of childhood
Oft they told of wondrous love
Pointed to the dying saviour
Now they dwell with him above

[Chorus]
Will the circle be unbroken?
By and by, by and by
Is a better home awaiting
In the sky, in the sky?

[Verse 3]
You remember songs of heaven
Which you sang with childish voice
Do you love the hymns they taught you
Or are songs of earth your choice?
[Chorus]
Will the circle be unbroken?
By and by, by and by
Is a better home awaiting
In the sky, in the sky?

[Verse 4]
You can picture happy gath'rings
'Round the fireside long ago
And you think of tearful partings
When they left you here below

[Chorus]
Will the circle be unbroken?
By and by, by and by
Is a better home awaiting
In the sky, in the sky?

[Verse 5]
One by one their seats were emptied
And one by one they went away;
Now the family is parted
Will it be complete one day?

[Chorus]
Will the circle be unbroken?
By and by, by and by
Is a better home awaiting
In the sky, in the sky?