Long Black Veil

Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night

Someone was killed beneath the town hall light

There were few at the scene, but they all agreed

That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me



She walks these hills in a long black veil

She visits my grave when the night winds wail

Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me



The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?

If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die."

Well, I said not a word, though it meant my life

For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife



Oh, she walks these hills in a long black veil

She visits my grave when the night winds wail

Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me



Oh now, the scaffold is high, eternity is near

She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear

Oh, sometimes at night when the cold winds blow

In a Long Black Veil she cries over my bones



She walks these hills in a Long Black Veil

She visits my grave when the night winds wail

Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me



She walks these hills in a Long Black Veil

She visits my grave when the night winds wail

Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me

Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me