My brother's will
My brother and I were out hunting A stray bullet made him it's mark I carried him back to the cabin His life nothing more that 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 pure 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've 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 made up my mind to stay single For Sally had broken my heart