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 meThe 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 wifeShe walks these hills in a long black veil

Visits my grave when the night winds wail

Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but meThe 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