The Long Black Veil Lyrics

The song The Long Black Veil is performed by Bill Monroe in the album named Anthology in the year 2003 .



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 this lad who ran looked a lot like me

The judge 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'd 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 near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
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



Bill Monroe - Anthology

Apr 2003

  1. When The Cactus Is In Bloom
  2. Get Down On Your Knees And Pray
  3. Walking In Jerusalem Just Like John
  4. Panhandle Country
  5. Linda Lou
  6. Time Changes Everything
  7. Live And Let Live
  8. Old Joe Clark
  9. Columbus Stockade Blues
  10. Drifting Too Far From The Shore
  11. Somebody Touched Me
  12. Jimmy Brown The Newsboy
  13. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
  14. Devil's Dream
  15. Highway Of Sorrow
  16. (We're Goin') Just Over In The Gloryland
  17. Fire On The Mountain
  18. The Long Black Veil
  19. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight

The Long Black Veil