The Long Black Veil

[Verse 1]
Well, ten years ago, on a cold dark night
Someone was killed 'neath the town's hall light
There were few at the scene but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me

[Verse 2]
The judge said to me, "Son what is your alibi?
You were somewhere else, then you won't have to die"
Well, I spoke not a word, though it meant my life
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife

[Chorus]
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Oh, nobody knows and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]
The scaffold was high and eternity near
She stood in the crowd but she shed not a tear
And sometimes at night when the cold wind blows
She stands o'er my grave and weeps o'er my bones

[Chorus]
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Oh, nobody knows and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Oh, nobody knows but me
Oh, nobody knows but me