She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me.
–Long Black Veil, Lefty Frizzell (1959)
Today’s youtube is the Lefty Frizzell’s hit Long Black Veil. This is a country ballad by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin. Left Frizzell recorded the song in Nashville in 1959.
Here’s a rendition by an unknown singer on youtube. This is a nice rendition and sung with heart. Very believable. Nice work.
Lefty Frizzell: LONG BLACK VEIL
Key of E
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
There was someone killed ‘neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene, but they all agree
That the slayer 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 had been in the arms of my best friend’s wife
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
The scaffold’s 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 o’er my bones
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows but me
