Long Black Veil Songtext

von David Grisman

Ten years ago
On a cold dark night
There was someone was killed
'neath the town hall light.
There were few at the scene
But they all agreed
That the slayer who ran
Looked a lot like 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,
Thou 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.

Oh, the gallows were close
And eternity's near.
She stood in the crowd
And shed not a tear.
But sometimes at night,
When the cold wind blows
In a long black veil,
She cries ov're my bones.

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.