LONG BLACK VEIL
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 did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me
The judge said son what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else then you don'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
She visits my grave while the night winds wail
Nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me
The scaffold was high and eternity near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan
In a long black veil she cries over my bones