MY LONG BLACK VEIL Alternative lyrics as recorded by Marijohn Wilkin herself on a 45 rpm in 1961 Ten years ago on a cold dark night There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light The few at the scene were wrong as could be Cause the man they accused that night was with me But what could he do and what could he say For that one stolen night he just had to pay He couldn't tell a soul that I was out with him Cause the whole town knew I belonged to his best friend Now I walk these hills in my long black veil I visit his grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows but me The scaffold was high I knew his dead was near I stood in the crowd and shed unseen tears But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans In my long black veil I weep for his bones I walk these hills in my long black veil I visit his grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows but me
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