Ten years ago on a cold dark night
Someone was killed 'neath the townhall light
There were few at the scene, but they all did agree
That the stranger who ran looked a lot like me
Oh, the judge said, Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die
But I spoke not a word, though it meant my life
I'd 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
Oh, the scaffold was high, eternity was 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
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
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