Ten years ago, on a cold dark night

There was somebody killed, 'neath the town hall light

There were few at the scene, but they all did agreed

That the man 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, though it meant my life

I had 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 is high and eternity near

She stood in the crowd, she shed not a tear

But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans

In a long black veil, she cries over 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