Long Black Veil

Cash Johnny

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1. Ten years ago, on a cold dark night,
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   Someone was killed, 'neath the town hall light.
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   There were few at the scene, but they all agreed,
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   That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me.

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

2. 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, thou it meant my life,
   For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife.

R: She walks these hills in a long black veil...
   
3. Oh, the scaffold is high and eternity's near,
   She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.
   But late at night, when the north wind blows,
   In a long black veil, she cries ov're my bones.

R: She walks these hills in a long black veil...