Long Black Veil Lyrics

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

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, though 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
Visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me

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

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

Joan Baez - Joan Baez/5

Jul 2002

1. There But For Fortune
2. Stewball
3. It Ain'T Me Babe
4. The Death Of Queen Jane (Child No. 170)
5. Bachianas Brasileiras
6. Go 'Way From My Window
7. I Still Miss Someone
8. When You Hear Them Cuckoos Hollerin'
9. Birmingham Sunday
10. So We'Ll Go No More A-Roving
11. O' Cangaceiro
12. The Unquiet Grave (Child No. 78)
13. Tramp On The Street
14. Long Black Veil