Long Black Veil Lyrics

Long Black Veil lyrics

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 Long Black Veil



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 (D. Del, M. Wilkins) 



 



 



 



 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



 



 



 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 the slayer who ran looked a lot like me



 



 



 The judge he said: Son, what is your alibi



 If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die



 But I spoke not a word though it meant my life



 For I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife



 



 



 Now the scaffold is high and eternity is near



 She stood in the crowd but shed not a tear



 But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan



 In a long black veil she cries on my bones