Ten years ago on a cold, dark night Someone was killed beneath the town hall light There were few at the scene but they all did agree the slayer who ran looked a lot like me 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 don't have to die" Well, I spoke not a word, though it meant my life, for 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 Well, the scaffold is high and eternity is 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 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 nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me