Adapted from a hymn by Ada R. Habershon and Charles H. Gabriel, “Can the Circle Be Unbroken” finds a mournful son at his mother’s funeral, imploring the undertaker to “please drive slow.” But A. P.’s vocal tells another story—one of abandonment and fear that fuses love and loss. “Lord,” he cries, “I hate to see her go.”
Adapted from a hymn by Ada R. Habershon and Charles H. Gabriel, “Can the Circle Be Unbroken” finds a mournful son at his mother’s funeral, imploring the undertaker to “please drive slow.” But A. P.’s vocal tells another story—one of abandonment and fear that fuses love and loss. “Lord,” he cries, “I hate to see her go.”