Long Black Veil Lyrics - Kingston Trio

Ten years ago on a cold, dark night 

There was someone killed in the townhall light 

There were few at the scene 

But they all agreed 

That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me 

Nobody knows 

Nobody sees 

Nobody knows but me 

The 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 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 

And shed not a tear 

But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans 

In a long black veil 

She cries o'er my bones