Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell & Johnny Bond
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Long Black Veil" is a 1959 country ballad, written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin and originally recorded by Lefty Frizzell.
A saga song, “Long Black Veil” is told from the point of view of an executed man falsely accused of murder. He refuses to provide an alibi, since on the night of the murde...
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 agreed
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 was high and eternity nears
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil, she cries over 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
The Long Black Veil was written by Danny Dill & Marijohn Wilkin.
The Long Black Veil was produced by Don Law.
Lefty Frizzell released The Long Black Veil on Mon Apr 20 1959.