Long Black Veil

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Ten years ago on a cold dark night
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Someone was killed 'neath the 
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town hall light
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Just a few at the scene, and they 
all did agree
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That the slayer who ran looked a 
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lot like me
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The judge said "Son, what is your 
alibi?
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If you were somewhere else, then 
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you won't have to die"
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I spoke not a word, although it 
meant my life
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For I'd been in the arms of my 
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best friend's wife

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

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The scaffold was high, and eternity 
near
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She stood in the crowd, and shed 
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not a tear
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But sometimes at night when the cold
 winds moan
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In a long black veil, she cries 
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o'er my bones