The Long Black Veil/Give My Love To Rose Lyrics

Ten years ago on a cold dark night,
someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights.
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed,
that the slayer who ran looked a lot like me.

Chorus ~ 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.
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,
for i'd been in the arms of my best friends wife.

Chorus*

Now the scaffold is high, and eternity's near.
She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear.
But some times at night, when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil, she cries over my bones

Chorus ~ She walks these hills, in a long black veil.
When the cold winds blow, and the night winds wail.
No body knows, no body sees.
No body knows, but me.

Johnny Cash - At San Quentin

Jul 2000

1. Blue Suede Shoes
2. Flowers On The Wall
3. The Last Thing On My Mind
4. June Carter Talks To The Audience
5. Wildwood Flower
6. Big River
7. I Still Miss Someone
8. Wreck Of The Old 97
9. I Walk The Line
10. The Long Black Veil/Give My Love To Rose
11. Folsom Prison Blues
12. Orange Blossom Special
13. Jackson
14. Darlin' Companion
15. Break My Mind
16. I Don't Know Where I'm Bound
17. Starkville City Jail
18. San Quentin
19. Wanted Man
20. Restless
21. A Boy Named Sue
22. Blistered
23. Peace In the Valley
24. The Outside Looking In
25. Less Of Me
26. Ring Of Fire
27. He Turned The Water Into Wine
28. Daddy Sang Bass
29. The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago
30. Folsom Prison Blues