My Brother's Will-The Louvin Brothers

[ti:My Brother's Will] [ar:The Louvin Brothers] [al:Gentleman Tunes] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.32]My Brother's Will - The Louvin Brothers [00:00.57]Written by：Ken Nelson [00:00.78] [00:05.70]My brother and I were out hunting [00:09.88]A stray bullet made him its mark [00:14.09]I carried him back to the cabin [00:18.40]His life nothing more than a spark [00:22.66]He whispered to me very softly [00:26.96]Dear brother I'm going away [00:31.26]So listen and come to me closely [00:35.58]There's so much that I have to say [00:39.93]My sweetheart her dear name is Sally [00:44.30]Her mother and father have died [00:48.66]She's waiting alone in the valley [00:53.00]When I left her oh how she cried [00:57.41]I promised to bring her my fortune [01:01.74]Return to the valley and wed [01:06.09]But I've had a call from my maker [01:10.48]So I'll have to go there instead [01:14.66] [01:19.48]He gave me the ring he had bought her [01:23.62]And told of the plans they had made [01:27.95]He spoke of how long she had waited [01:32.31]And for his return how she prayed [01:36.75]He gave me a small piece of paper [01:41.04]The will he had made for this day [01:45.44]I promised to do as he wanted [01:49.80]The good lord would show me the way [01:54.26]He gave me his home in the valley [01:58.66]And all of the money he had [02:03.04]He asked me to marry his Sally [02:07.40]And promise she'd never be sad [02:11.84]But once long ago we were rivals [02:16.19]For I loved her too from the start [02:20.58]I'd made up my mind to stay single [02:25.02]For Sally had broken my heart [02:29.18] [02:35.07]My dear brother went up to heaven [02:39.29]And I went to our valley home [02:43.68]But Sally had married another [02:48.04]So what's left for me but to roam [02:52.50]I pray the good lord up above me [02:56.91]To keep brother's faith in me still [03:01.32]His Sally was fickle unfaithful [03:05.74]That's why I broke my brother's will