Long Black Veil
She walks these hills in a long black veilShe visits my grave when the night winds wailNobody knows, nobody seesNobody knows but me
Ten years ago, on a cold dark nightSomeone was killed 'neath the Town Hall lightThere were few at the scene, but they all agreedThat the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
The judge he said: Son, what is your alibiIf you were somewhere else, then you won't have to dieBut I spoke not a word though it meant my lifeFor I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife
Now the scaffold is high and eternity is nearShe stood in the crowd but shed not a tearBut sometimes at night when the cold winds moanIn a long black veil she cries on my bones