<Dd> (Chorus) </Dd> <P> The song is generally played to be uplifting to the congregation, and is a frequent standard in gospel revivals . </P> <P> A reworked version of the song, intended as a funeral hymn, was written by A.P. Carter and released in 1935 by the Carter Family . The Carter version, titled "Can the Circle be Unbroken", uses the same music and the same verse structure but with different verse lyrics and a modified chorus . That version has often been recorded as "Will the Circle be Unbroken", including the 1972 performance by Mother Maybelle Carter and ensemble on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album of the same title . </P> <P> The original version of the song does not insert "Lord" in lines 2 and 4 of the chorus, though the Carter version does . Also, the third line of the chorus is phrased as a question in the original, but as a declarative sentence in the Carter version, and the Carter version as written begins the chorus with' Can' instead of' Will' . </P>

Who sings the song will the circle be unbroken