My Brother's Will by the Louvin Brothers
Capitol LP:  Tragic Songs of Life
Track 9
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii2mUHfD93c&t=1515s
Lyrics and Music by Ken Nelson
Standard Tuning
Key:  A

[Intro]
    

[Verse 1]
            
My brother and

           
 I were out hu

nting
            
A stray bullet

              
 made him its 


mark
            
I carried him 

           
back to the ca

bin
            
His life nothi

              
ng more than a

 
 spark


[Verse 2]
            
He whispered t

         
o me very soft

ly
    
Dear brother, 

I'm going away
            
So listen and 

          
come to me clo

sely
            
There's so muc

              
h that I have 

   
to say


[Verse 3]
             
My sweetheart,

             
 her dear name

    
 is Sally
   
Her mother and

 father have d

ied
            
She's waiting 

             
alone in the v

alley
            
When I left he

              
r, oh how she 


cried


[Verse 4]
             
I promised to 

            
bring her my f

ortune

Return to the 

valley and wed
            
But I've had a

             
 call from my 


maker
            
So I'll have t

           
o go there ins

tead


[Instrumental]
   


[Verse 5]
             
He gave me the

            
 ring he had b

ought her
   
And told of th

e plans they h

ad made
            
He spoke of ho

              
w long she had

 
 waited
            
And for his re

              
turn, how she 


prayed


[Verse 6]
            
He gave me a s

              
mall piece of 


paper
   
The will he ha

d made for thi

s day
            
I promised to 

        
do as he wante

d
            
The Good Lord 

              
would show me 

    
the way


[Verse 7]
             
He gave me his

            
 home in the v

alley
   
And all of the

 money he had
            
He asked me to

          
 marry his Sal

ly
            
And promise sh

             
e'd never be s

ad


[Verse 8]
            
But once long 

           
ago we were ri

vals
   
For I loved he

r too from the

 start
            
I'd made up my

              
 mind to stay 


single
            
For Sally had 

          
broken my hear

t


[Verse 9]
             
My dear brothe

            
r went up to h

eaven
   
And I went to 

our valley hom

e
            
But Sally had 

        
married anothe

r
            
So what's left

              
 for me but to

 
 roam?


[Verse 10]
            
I pray the goo

          
d Lord up abov

e me
  
To keep Brothe

r's faith in m

e still
            
His Sally was 

        
fickle, unfait

hful
            
That's why I b

              
roke my brothe

    
r's will