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T:Long Black Veil (The)
C:Marijohn Wilkin & Danny Dill
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w:1~Ten year a-go_ on a cold, dark night___ some-one was killed 'neath the town hall
w:2~judge said_ "Son what is your al-i-bi? If you were some-where_ else then you won't have to
w:3~scaf-fold was high_ and e-ter-ni-ty near.__ she stood in the crowd and_ shed not a
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w:light. There were few at the scene_ but, they all a-greed_ that the slay-er who
w:die. I_ spoke not a word al-tho' it meant my life for I had been in the
w:tear. But_ some-times at night_ when the cold wind moans_ in a long black_
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w:ran looked a lot like me. The_________
w:arms of my best friend's__ wife. She walks these hills in a long black
w:veil she_ cries o'er my__ bones.________
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w:veil. She vis-its my grave when the night winds wail.____ No-bod-y knows,____
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w:No-bod-y sees, No-bod-y knows but_ me.__ The me.__