LONG BLACK VEIL

Well ten years ago, on a cold dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the townhall light
There were few at the scene, yeah but they all agreed
That the man who ran looked a lot like me

Well she walks these hills in a long black veil
Visits my grave where the night winds wail -- Say it!
Nobody knows, darling, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

The judge said, "son what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else, then you never have to die"
I said not a word, though it crushed my life
For I was in the arms of my best friend's wife

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where 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 where the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

Well the gallows were close and eternity near
She stood in the crown and she shed not a tear
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 where the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me