My Brothers Will

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[Verse 1]
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My brother and I were out hunting
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A stray bullet made him its mark
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I carried him back to the cabin
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His life nothing more than a spark


[Verse 2]
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He whispered to me very softly
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Dear brother, I'm going away
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So listen and come to me closely
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There's so much that I have to say


[Verse 3]
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My sweetheart, her dear name is Sally
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Her mother and father have died
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She's waiting alone in the valley
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When I left her, oh how she cried


[Verse 4]
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I promised to bring her my fortune
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Return to the valley and wed
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But I've had a call from my maker
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So I'll have to go there instead


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[Verse 5]
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He gave me the ring he had bought her
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And told of the plans they had made
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He spoke of how long she had waited
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And for his return, how she prayed


[Verse 6]
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He gave me a small piece of paper
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The will he had made for this day
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I promised to do as he wanted
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The Good Lord would show me the way


[Verse 7]
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He gave me his home in the valley
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And all of the money he had
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He asked me to marry his Sally
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And promise she'd never be sad


[Verse 8]
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But once long ago we were rivals
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For I loved her too from the start
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I'd made up my mind to stay single
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For Sally had broken my heart


[Verse 9]
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My dear brother went up to heaven
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And I went to our valley home
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But Sally had married another
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So what's left for me but to roam?


[Verse 10]
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I pray the good Lord up above me
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To keep Brother's faith in me still
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His Sally was fickle, unfaithful
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That's why I broke my brother's will