Long Black Veil

[intro] Ten years ago on a cold dark night Someone was killed ‘neath the Town Hall light The people who saw they all agreed That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me [verse] The judge said, “son, what is your alibi? If you were somewheres else Then you won’t have to die” I spoke not a word, though it meant my life For I’d been in the arms of my best friend’s wife [Chorus] She walks these hills in a long black veil Visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows, but me [verse] The scaffold is high, eternity near She stands in the crowd, she sheds not a tear But sometimes at night, when the cold winds moan In a long black veil she cries o’er my bones [Chorus] She walks these hills in a long black veil Visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows, but me