Ten years ago, on a cold dark night <br />Someone was killed, 'neath the town hall light <br />There were few at the scene, but they all agreed <br />That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me <br /> <br />The judge said son, what is your alibi <br />If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die <br />I spoke not a word, thou it meant my life <br />For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife <br /> <br />[Chorus:] <br />She walks these hills in a long black veil <br />She visits my grave when the night winds wail <br />Nobody knows, nobody sees <br />Nobody knows but me <br /> <br />Oh, the scaffold is high and eternity's near <br />She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear <br />But late at night, when the north wind blows <br />In a long black veil, she cries ov're my bones