Coverinfo
Bruce performed the song 2 times:
2024-04-24 Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
Bruce Springsteen appears at the second annual American Music Honors, a presentation of the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center For American Music at Monmouth University. The 2024 honorees are John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne (inducted by Jon Landau), Mavis Staples (inducted by Darlene Love), and Dion DiMucci (inducted by Steven Van Zandt). Bruce himself
inducts Mellencamp, with the two duetting on Bruce's first ever performance of "
Small Town", and returns to close the show with two of his own classics and for an all-performer rendition of "
Will The Circle Be Unbroken" led by Staples. Brian Williams serves as the evening's host and The Disciples Of Soul act as house band.
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2007-06-12 Joan And Robert Rechnitz Theater, Red Bank, NJ
Bruce guests (in a support role) during encores at a benefit concert by Jackson Browne for Joan Dancy and 'P.A.L.S.' (People with ALS).
Songinfo
"
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?"
is a popular Christian hymn written in 1907 by Ada R. Habershon with
music by Charles H. Gabriel. The song is often recorded unattributed
and, because of its age, has lapsed into the public domain. Most of the
chorus appears in the later songs "Can the Circle Be Unbroken" and
"Daddy Sang Bass". The first known recording is by the Metropolitan
Quartet in 1927.
Bruce on the artist
Lyrics
I was standing by my window,
On one cold and cloudy day
When I saw that 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
I said to that undertaker
Undertaker please drive slow
For this lady you are carrying
Lord, I hate to see here go
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
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 went back home, my home was lonesome
Missed my mother, she was gone
All of my brothers, sisters crying
What a home so sad and lone
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
We sang the songs of childhood
Hymns of faith that made us strong
Ones that mother Maybelle taught us
Hear the angels sing along
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