Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye) (Cover versions usually title it "Will the Circle be Unbroken") is a well-known country/folk song by Ada R. Habershon. It first gained attention due to the Carter Family. The song has been covered by many groups and musicians including Roy Acuff, Joan Baez, The Chieftains, John Lee Hooker, Bill Monroe, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.^[1] It is primarily covered in Gospel music, Bluegrass music, and Folk music but versions in other genres exist. In 1998 it was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame. Maybelle, A.P. and Sara The Carter Family was a country music group that performed and recorded between 1927 and 1943. ... Roy Acuff on the cover of The Great Roy Acuff (1964) Roy Claxton Acuff (15 September 1903 – 23 November 1992) was an American country musician. ... Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style. ... The Chieftains are an Irish musical group founded in 1962, known for performing and popularizing Irish traditional music. ... John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. ... Bill Monroe Bill Monroe (September 13, 1911 - September 9, 1996) developed the style of country music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the Blue Grass Boys, named for his home state of Kentucky. ... The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since the original founding in California in 1965. ... Gospel music may refer to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the first quarter of the twentieth century or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by predominately white Southern Gospel artists. ... Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music with its own roots in English, Irish, African and Scottish traditional music. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... The Grammy Hall of Fame Award is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old and that have qualitative or historical significance. Alphabetical listing by title: List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients A-D List of Grammy Hall...

The song concerns the death, funeral, and mourning of the narrator's mother.

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