Bro. Bill

Well, some people said it was cocaine

And people claimed it was gin

But I know the girl and the dew-house man

That done my brother in

They put the last clean shirt

On my poor Brother Bill

They put the last clean shirt

On my poor Brother Bill

You know that they found him in the back seat

Of an old abandoned Ford

But when I touched the hand of my Brother Bill

It was as stiff as a running board

They put the last clean shirt

On my poor Brother Bill

They put the last clean shirt

On my poor Brother Bill

(I think I'll pay my respects)

Well, the preacher said, "He's gone now

Gone to another place"

But as they lowered him down into the ground

I felt a tear trickle down my face

They put the last clean shirt

On my poor Brother Bill

They put the last clean shirt

On my poor Brother Bill

Well, the preacher said, "He's gone now

Gone to another place"

As they lowered him down into the ground

I felt a tear trickle down my face

They put the last clean shirt

On my poor Brother Bill

They put the last clean shirt

On my poor Brother Bill