Long Black Veil

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Ten years ago, on a cold dark night, there was
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someone killed 'neath the Town Hall light.  There were

few at the scene, but they all agreed  that the
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man who ran looked a lot like me.  She

[Chorus]
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walks these hill in a long black veil.  She
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visits my grave while the night winds wail.
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Nobody knows, nobody sees,
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Nobody knows but me.

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[Verse]
The judge said: Son, what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else, then you don't have to die.
I spoke not a word though it ment my life
For I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife.

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walks these hill in a long black veil.  She
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visits my grave while the night winds wail.
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Nobody knows, nobody sees,
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Nobody knows but me.

[Verse]
The scaffold was high and eternity was near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.
But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan
In a long black veil she cries over my bones.

[Chorus]
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walks these hill in a long black veil.  She
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visits my grave while the night winds wail.
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Nobody knows, nobody sees,
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Nobody knows but me.