long black veil
Megan J. Powell
i'm looking for the words to a folk song i believe is called long black viel,
it's sorta a ghost story type thing i think
Rocky Bivens
>i'm looking for the words to a folk song i believe is called long black viel,
LONG BLACK VEIL
(Danny Dill and Marijon Wilkin)
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Ten years ago on a cold dark night
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Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light
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The people who saw they all agreed
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That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
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She walks these hills in a long black veil
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Visits my grave when the night winds wail
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Nobody knows, nobody sees
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Nobody knows but me
The judge said, "son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere's else, then you won't have to die"
I said not a word, though it meant my life
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife
The scaffold is high and eternity near
She stands in the crowd and she sheds not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan
In a long black veil she cries o'er my bones
Chris McConnell
Megan J. Powell (mjpo...@omnifest.uwm.edu) writes:
> i'm looking for the words to a folk song i believe is called long black viel,
> it's sorta a ghost story type thing i think
As sung by Mick Jagger with the Chieftans:
Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night,
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light,
Just a few at the scene, and they all did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me.
The judge said "Son, what's your alibi?
If you were somewhere else, then you don't have to die."
But I spoke not a word, though it meant my life.
I'd 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, Lord, nobody sees.
Nobody knows but me.
Phil McCauley
In article <5bjvdi$c...@omnifest.uwm.edu>, mjpo...@omnifest.uwm.edu says...
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>i'm looking for the words to a folk song i believe is called long black
viel,
>it's sorta a ghost story type thing i think
Long Black Veil
from The Chieftains album "Long Black Veil"
Ten years ago
On a cold dark night
There was someone killed
' neath the town hall light
Just a few at the scene
And they all did agree
That the man who ran
Looked alot like me
Well the judge said
"Son, what's your alibi?
If you're somewhere else
Well you don't have to die"
I spoke not a word
Though it meant my life
I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife
She walks these hills
In a long black veil
She visits my grave
When the night winds wail
Nobody knows
Lord nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Well the scaffold's high
And eternity nears
She stands in the crowd
And sheds not a tear
But sometimes at night
When the cold wind moans
In a long black veil
She cries over my bones
She walks these hills
In a long black veil
She visits my grave
When the night winds wail
Nobody knows
Lod Nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows but me
Loudon Briggs
pmc...@mcs.com (Phil McCauley) wrote:
>In article <5bjvdi$c...@omnifest.uwm.edu>, mjpo...@omnifest.uwm.edu says...
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>>i'm looking for the words to a folk song i believe is called long black
>viel,
>>it's sorta a ghost story type thing i think
>
>Long Black Veil
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>from The Chieftains album "Long Black Veil"
> (snip)
You neglected to mention that the vocalist on The Chieftans version
was Mick Jagger. This collection of recordings with the various "guest
artists" is one of my favorite CDs.
--
Loudon Briggs (lar...@indirect.com Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
Kathryn Ford
Phil McCauley (pmc...@mcs.com) wrote:
: Long Black Veil
: from The Chieftains album "Long Black Veil"
: Ten years ago
: On a cold dark night
etc....
This song was actually written by "M.Wilkin and D.Dill" according to the
information on a CD I have by The Band, who also covered it.
Thought it might be of interest to people to know it's not a "folk song"
as such, in that it isn't a song that grew up over generations.
Cheers
Kathy
never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat
never drive a car when you're dead
- Tom Waits