The Long Black Veil Lyrics - The Long Black Veil - The Chieftains

Ten years ago on a cold dark night 

Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light 

Just a few at the scene, and they all did agree 

That the man who ran looked a lot like me 

The judge said "Son, what's your alibi? 

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

But I spoke not a word, tho' it meant my life 

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

Chorus: 

She walks these hills in a long black veil 

Visits my grave when the night winds wail 

Nobody knows, nobody sees 

Nobody knows, but me 

The 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