Medley: The Long Black Veil / Give My Love to Rose Songtext
von Johnny Cash

Really, what′s that?
Hey, what are you guys drinkin' in those tall purple glasses, what is that rot?
Tea?
Alright
We went over to Folsom prison a year ago
We did a show there for a guy
Hey, a little bit later on the show I wanna do you a brand new song I wrote yesterday, called "San Quentin"
We got a request to do some of the songs we did at Folsom, right now

Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
Someone was killed, ′neath the town hall lights
There were few at the scene but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me

The scaffold is high and eternity's near
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
Visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

I found him by the railroad track this morning
I could see that he was nearly dead
I knelt down beside him and I listened
Just to hear the words the dying fellow said

He said, "They let me out of prison out in Frisco
For ten long years I've paid for what I′ve done
I was trying to get back to Louisiana
To see my Rose and get to know my son"

Give my love to Rose, please won′t you mister?
Take her all my money, tell her to buy some pretty clothes
Tell my boy that daddy's so proud of him
And don′t forget to give my love to Rose

You know, thank you
Alright
Yeah, water
Yeah, can I have a drink of water?
Yeah, ha?
Is the water bad here?