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 agreed
 That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
 The judge said: "Son, what is your alibi?
 If you were somewheres else, then you won't have to die"
 I said not a word, though it meant my life
 For I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife
 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
 The scaffold was high and eternity near
 She stood in the crowd but she never shed one tear
 And sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
 In a long black veil, she cries over my bones
 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