Long Black Veil
TDen years ago, on a cold dark night,
sAomeone was killed 'neath the tGown hall liDght.
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
that the mAan who ran looked a lGot like mDe.
She wGalks these hills in a lAong black vDeil.
She vGisits my grDave while the nAight wind waDils.
Nobody knows, NGobody sDees, GNobody Anows but Dme.
The judge said "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die."
Well, I said not a word, though it meant my life
For I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife.
The scaffold was high, and eternity neared
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 over my bones.