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Ten years ago on a cold dark night, |
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someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights. |
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There were few at the scene, but they all agreed, |
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that the man who ran looked a lot like me. |
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Chorus ~ She walks these hills, in a long black veil. |
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She visits my grave, when the night winds wail. |
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Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows, but me |
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The Judge said son, what is your alibi, |
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if you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die. |
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I spoke not a word, though it meant my life, |
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for i'd been in the arms of my best friends wife. |
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Now the scaffold is high, and eternity's near. |
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She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear. |
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But some times at night, when the cold wind moans |
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In a long black veil, she cries over my bones |
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Chorus ~ She walks these hills, in a long black veil. |
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When the cold winds blow, and the night winds wail. |
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No body knows, no body sees. |
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No body knows, but me. |