My Brother's Will-The Louvin Brothers

[ti:My Brothers Will] [ar:The Louvin Brothers] [al:Singles (1956-1962)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]My Brother's Will (Original Mix) - The Louvin Brothers [00:06.30]My brother and I were out hunting [00:10.54]A stray bullet made him its mark [00:14.84]I carried him back to the cabin [00:19.09]His life nothing more than a spark [00:23.38]He whispered to me very softly [00:27.58]Dear brother I'm going away [00:31.95]So listen and come to me closely [00:36.23]There's so much that I have to say [00:40.68]My sweetheart her dear name is Sally [00:44.97]Her mother and father have died [00:49.33]She's waiting alone in the valley [00:53.65]When I left her oh how she cried [00:58.08]I promised to bring her my fortune [01:02.36]Return to the valley and wed [01:06.75]But I've had a call from my maker [01:11.10]So I'll have to go there instead [01:15.20] [01:20.04]He gave me the ring he had bought her [01:23.61] [01:24.27]And told of the plans they had made [01:28.07] [01:28.60]He spoke of how long she had waited [01:32.92]And for his return how she prayed [01:37.30]He gave me a small piece of paper [01:41.57]The will he had made for this day [01:46.02]I promised to do as he wanted [01:50.36]The Good Lord would show me the way [01:54.26] [01:54.82]He gave me his home in the valley [01:59.25]And all of the money he had [02:03.63]He asked me to marry his Sally [02:07.98]And promise she'd never be sad [02:12.45]But once long ago we were rivals [02:16.72]For I loved her too from the start [02:21.17]I'd made up my mind to stay single [02:25.55]For Sally had broken my heart [02:29.62] [02:35.47]My dear brother went up to heaven [02:39.82]And I went to our valley home [02:44.23]But Sally had married another [02:48.61]So what's left for me but to roam [02:53.13]I pray the good Lord up above me [02:57.39]To keep Brother's faith in me still [03:01.79]His Sally was fickle unfaithful [03:05.70] [03:06.23]That's why I broke my brother's will