My Brother's Will

My Brother's Will - Louvin Brothers

My brother and I were out hunting

A stray bullet made him its mark

I carried him back to the cabin

His life nothing more than a spark

He whispered to me very softly

Dear brother I'm going away

So listen and come to me closely

There's so much that I have to say

My sweetheart her dear name is Sally

Her mother and father have died

She's waiting alone in the valley

When I left her oh how she cried

I promised to bring her my fortune

Return to the valley and wed

But I've had a call from my maker

So I'll have to go there instead

He gave me the ring he had bought her

And told of the plans they had made

He spoke of how long she had waited

And for his return how she prayed

He gave me a small piece of paper

The will he had made for this day

I promised to do as he wanted

The Good Lord would show me the way

He gave me his home in the valley

And all of the money he had

He asked me to marry his Sally

And promise she'd never be sad

But once long ago we were rivals

For I loved her too from the start

I'd made up my mind to stay single

For Sally had broken my heart

My dear brother went up to heaven

And I went to our valley home

But Sally had married another

So what's left for me but to roam

I pray the good Lord up above me

To keep Brother's faith in me still

His Sally was fickle unfaithful

That's why I broke my brother's will