ten years ago on a cold dark night a man killed neath the town hall light there were few at the scene and they all did agree that the man who ran looked a lot like me well 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 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 where the night winds wail nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me well the scaffold is high and eternity s near she stood in the crowd and shed not a tear but sometimes at night when the cold winds moan in a long black veil lord she cries all o er my bones she walks these hills in a long black veil and visits my grave when the night winds wail nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me