tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post7821111983644686504..comments2023-11-05T02:55:10.230-06:00Comments on Gottesdienst Online: Maundy Thursday PoemPr. H. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-85799234355245653532012-04-07T11:47:07.249-05:002012-04-07T11:47:07.249-05:00And on the other side, Maundy Thursday is as much ...And on the other side, Maundy Thursday is as much about faithfulness and love.Jason Braatenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05972415198647411045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-73542696353187444202012-04-05T15:25:10.387-05:002012-04-05T15:25:10.387-05:00Here is a similar song covered by Rosanne Cash: ht...Here is a similar song covered by Rosanne Cash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsQFhm908T4 I prefer her version to her father's.<br /><br />+ + + <br /><br />Long Black Veil<br /><br />Ten years ago, on a cold dark night<br />Someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights<br />There were few at the scene, but they all agreed<br />That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me<br /><br />She walks these hills in a long black veil<br />She visits my grave when the night winds wail<br />Nobody knows, nobody sees<br />Nobody knows but me<br /><br />The judge said: Son, what is your alibi?<br />If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die<br />I spoke not a word, though it meant my life<br />For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife<br /><br />She walks these hills in a long black veil<br />She visits my grave when the night winds wail<br />Nobody knows, nobody sees<br />Nobody knows but me<br /><br />Now the scaffold is high, and eternity's near<br />She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear<br />But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans<br />In a long black veil, she cries over my bones<br /><br />She walks these hills in a long black veil<br />She visits my grave when the night winds wail<br />Nobody knows, nobody sees<br />Nobody knows but me<br />Nobody knows but me<br /><br />This, btw, is a great album. Country music is far more interesting, lyrically, than rock or pop music.Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12953264105046882429noreply@blogger.com