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CAN THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN

Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I was standing by the window on a cold and cloudy day

[I was standing by my window, on one cold and cloudy day]

Appears in 48 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles H. Gabriel Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 34551 23332 12165 Used With Text: Will The Circle Be Unbroken?

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Author: Ada Habershon; A. P. Carter Hymnal: Standard Songs Of The Church #355 (2017) First Line: I was standing by my window, on one cold and cloudy day Lyrics: 1 I was standing by my window, on one cold and cloudy day, When I saw the hearse come rolling, For to carry my Mother away. Chorus: 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. 2 Oh, I told the undertaker, "Undertaker please drive slow. For this body you are carrying, Lord, I hate to see her go. [Chorus] 3 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. [Chorus] Tune Title: [I was standing by my window, on one cold and cloudy day]

CAN THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN

Hymnal: Elvis Presley's Favorite Gospel Songs #9 (1977) First Line: I was standing by the window on a cold and cloudy day Languages: English

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Ada R. Habershon

1861 - 1918 Person Name: Ada Habershon Author of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?" in Standard Songs Of The Church

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles H. Gabriel Composer of "[I was standing by my window, on one cold and cloudy day]" in Standard Songs Of The Church Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman