BIG BROTHER ( a couple of small corrections to consider)

She was seven and I was just ten,
When she moved next door to the house we lived in.
She'd follow me around, and get in my hair,
Where ever I looked she'd be there.
Just an awkward little girl, with big brown eyes,
She'd ask me over for tea and mud pies.
A freckled faced angel always in my way,
But I couldn't resist when she'd say,

"Big Brother, take me with you,
Where ever you're going, I want to go, too.
You're so silly, the things that you do,
But, Big Brother, how I love you".

As she grew older I'd take her around.
We'd go to the fair when it came to town.
The side-shows and candy would keep us all day,
And when we were late she would say,

"Mother, there's no need to worry and fuss.
My big brother can take care of us.
He's like one of our own family,
Big brother takes care of me."

The years rolled along then one night in the spring,
All of a sudden, she was 18.
No longer the little girl I'd known all my life,
And I wanted to make her my wife.
But a few days later her heart all aglow,
In order that I'd be the first one to know.
She brought him over and in her sweet way
Told me of their wedding day.

Big brother, I've been so long,
But now big brother will have to be strong.
So I'll turn and hide these tears in my eyes,
I can't let her see...big brother cry.