The Long Black Veil

	Ten years ago on a cold dark night
	Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light
	There were few at the scene but they all agreed
	That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
	The judge he said, â€½Son, what is your alibi?
	If you were somewhere else then you won't have to dieâ€
	I spoke not a word although it meant my life
	For I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife
	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 scaffold was high and eternity was near
	She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
	But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
	In the long black veil, she cries o'er 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

	Ten years ago on a cold dark night
	Someone was killed ' neath the town hall light
	There were few at the scene but they all agreed
	That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
	The judge he said, Son, what is your alibi?
	If you were somewhere else then you won' t have to die
	I spoke not a word although it meant my life
	For I had been in the arms of my best friend' s wife
	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 scaffold was high and eternity was near
	She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
	But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
	In the long black veil, she cries o' er 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