Long Black Veil

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