Long Black Veil - Lefty Frizzell

Long Black Veil
Music written by: Marijohn Wilkin
Lyrics written by: Danny Dill

Long Black Veil Lyrics

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 is high, and eternity nears
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind mourns
In a long black veil she cries over my bones

Long Black Veil Singers

1. Lefty Frizzell (Billboard hot C&W Sides) April 20, 1959 First recording on March 3, 1959 First release.

2. Danny Dill 1960 3. Charley Waller, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock & The Country Gentlemen 1960 4. Burl Ives March 1961 5. The Kingston Trio November 26, 1962 6. Clinton Ford 1962 7. The Blue Grass Gentlemen 1962 8. The Nashville Street Singers 1963 9. Angus Walker and The Birch Mountain Boys 1963 10. Roy Drusky May 1964 11. Hamper MacBee accompanied by Guy Carawan June 1964 12. Johnny Rivers September 1964 13. The Lilly Brothers October 1964 14. Faron Young November 1964 15. Johnny Cash February 1965 16. Hazel Dickens and Alice Foster September 1965 17. Bobby Bare February 1966 18. Hootenanny Singers October 1966 19. Bobby and Laurie 1967 20. Jack Casey July 1968 21. The Band July 1968 22. Jerry Jaye August 1968 23. Peter Law 1968 24. Ronnie Hawkins 1968 25. The Wolfetones 1968 26. Fred McKenna 1968 27. Tommy Cash March 1970 28. John Buck Wilkin June 1970 29. Bill Monroe July 1, 1970 30. Hank Williams, Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation December 1971 31. Marsha Hunt 1971 32. Johnny Doe 1971 33. Harley Gabbard 1971 34. Arbuckle Mountain Boys 1971 35. New Riders of The Purple Sage December 1972 36. Brian Maxine 1972 37. Del Reeves 1973 38. The Andy Greatrix Harmony Band 1973 39. Sammi Smith September 1974 40. Anne Kirkpatrick 1974 41. Frankie McBride 1974 42. Chris LeDoux 1975 43. County Express 1975 44. James Monroe January 1976 45. Larry Stephenson and The New Grass June 1976 46. Hugo McGill & the Willhire Band 1976 47. Johnny Lee December 6, 1977 48. Blue Velvet 1977 49. The Roustabouts 1978 50. Orion May 26, 1980 51. John Anderson October 4, 1982 52. Vernon Oxford December 1982 53. Ricky Bryant 1984 54. Marianne Faithfull November 1985 55. Colin Thomson 1985 56. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds August 8, 1986 57. David Frizzell 1986 58. Eddie Adcock & Talk of the Town 1987 59. The Seldom Scene 1990 60. The Proclaimers 1990 61. Johnny Cash with Razzy Bailey August 12, 1991 62. Diesel Park West August 24, 1992 63. Don Walser and The Pure Texas Band 1992 64. Sélune 1994 65. David Allan Coe 1994 66. Sherwin & Pam Linton 1994 67. The Chieftains with Mick Jagger 1995 68. Don Williams 1995 69. Dave Gunning 1996 70. Sally Timms February 25, 1997 71. Rick Danko 1997 72. Big Smith 1998 73. Johnny Madsen 1998 74. Courtney Hudak with Chris Livesay 1998 75. Mike Ness April 1999 76. Opera Cowpokes July 1999 77. Dave Matthews Band November 23, 1999 78. Jerry Garcia - David Grisman - Tony Rice April 25, 2000 79. Country Cattin' September 12, 2000 80. Rhyming Slang 2001 81. Daryle Singletary April 23, 2002 82. Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash August 27, 2002 83. Eero Raittinen September 23, 2002 84. The Bubbadinos 2002 85. Ken Orrick 2002 86. The True Brothers 2002 87. Sid Selvidge January 10, 2003 88. The Pine Valley Cosmonauts feat. Sally Timms & Edith Frost June 17, 2003 89. Harry Manx July 15, 2003 90. Lancaster County Prison July 2003 91. Rob Coffinshaker 2003 92. Jan Leyers 2003 93. Carlos Mejuto 2003 94. Bill Dewey 2004 95. Steinar Albrigtsen 2004 96. Spencer Bohren 2004 97. Eugene Brosnan 2004 98. The Balls February 2005 99. Tim O'Brien September 13, 2005 100. 7er Jungs November 2005 101. Professor Louie & The Crowmatix with The Rock of Ages Horns 2005 102. Richard Hawley January 23, 2006 103. Crooked Fingers June 2006 104. Jack Cooke February 20, 2007 105. Stoney LaRue April 2007 106. David Gray August 2007 107. Joni Mitchell and Johnny Cash September 18, 2007 108. Gee Gee Kettel 2007 109. Diamanda Galás March 31, 2008 110. Allen Frizzell April 18, 2008 111. Rosanne Cash featuring Jeff Tweedy October 2, 2009 112. Caroline Herring November 10, 2009 113. Absinthè 2010 114. Doc Bones and The Rattlesnakes 2010 115. Mel Annala October 10, 2012 116. Dieter Weslowski 2012 117. Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes with the All Star Band March 19, 2013 118. Rackhouse Pilfer 2013 119. Bill Chambers 2013 120. Chuck Potthast & Lynne Jones March 24, 2014 121. Gene Watson 2014 122. David Mallett January 20, 2015 123. Robert Earl Keen February 10, 2015 124. Adam Tas June 2015 125. Blue Grass Boogiemen February 17, 2016 126. Dale Watson September 30, 2016 127. Gary West October 28, 2016 128. Jenny Owen Youngs June 10, 2017 129. Lee Ann Womack October 27, 2017


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