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Ten years ago on a cold dark night 
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A man was killed ‘neath the town hall light 
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There were few at the scene, but they all did agree 
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That the man who ran looked a lot like 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 though it meant my life
For I’d been in the arms of my best friend’s wife 


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She walks these hills in a long black veil 
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And visits my grave when the night winds wail 
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Nobody knows, nobody sees
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Nobody knows but me  

 
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 blows 
In a long black veil she cries over my bones 

 
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She walks these hills in a long black veil 
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And visits my grave when the night winds wail 
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Nobody knows, nobody sees
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Nobody knows but me