The Condition Of Samuel Wilder’s Will The Osborne Brothers

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Samuel Wilder owned almost everything
And on the things he didn't own, he held a claim
And down on Samuel Wilder's roughest track
Stood a crowded, weathered, beaten tenant shack

Daddy built it with the slats from Samuel's mill
And we had moved in there against my mama's will
It was blazin' hot in the summer's awful heat
And we nearly froze in the winter snow and sleet

Now the only time that Samuel came around
Was to raise the rent or to cut the wages down
He gave us just enough pay to get by
And a place to bury loved ones when they died

I could tell that daddy couldn't stand much more
'Cuz he took to wine and just walked that cabin floor
Then he called for Samuel Wilder and he came
And we laid him in a grave without a name

It was Sunday when the sheriff came right down
And he asked of Samuel Wilder's whereabouts
Then one year later he was searchin' still
Said, "I guess we might as well just read the will."