The Long Black Veil
- Burl Ives (1961)You are listening to the song The Long Black Veil by Burl Ives, in album The Versatile Burl Ives. The highest quality of audio that you can download is flac . Also, you can play quality at 32kbps, view lyrics and watch more videos related to this song.
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Lyrics
[Chorus]
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
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.
[Chorus:]
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 judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die"
I spoke not a word, although it meant my life
For I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife.
[Chorus]
The scaffold was high and eternity near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones.
[Chorus]
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