Key: D
Introduction:
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Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
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There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
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Few there at the scene, but they all agreed
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That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
The judge said son, what is your alibi?
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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 gallows were close and eternity near