Johnny Cash
The Long Black Veil / Give My Love to Rose (At San Quentin)
[Intro]
"What's that? Hey, what are you guys drinking in those tall, purple glasses? What is that rotgut stuff? Tea? All right. We went over to Folsom Prison a year ago. We did a show over there for the guy... Hey, a little bit later on in the show, I'm gonna do you a brand new song I wrote yesterday called 'San Quentin.' We got a request to do some of the songs that we did at Folsom right now."

[Verse 1 - Long Black Veil]
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light
There were fеw at the scene, but thеy all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me

[Verse 2 - Long Black Veil]
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

[Verse 3 - Long Black Veil]
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

[Verse 1 - Give My Love To Rose]
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 dyin' fella said
[Verse 2 - Give My Love to Rose]
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"

[Chorus - Give My Love To Rose]
"Give my love to Rose please, won't you, mister?
Take her all my money, tell her, 'Buy some pretty clothes'
Tell my boy that daddy's so proud of him
And don't forget to give my love to Rose"

[Outro]
"You know... thank you. All right. Yeah, water, yeah. Can I have a drink of water? Yeah. Huh? Is the water bad here? Oh me. Hey, you know something? They're doing a discography, whatever that is, on Johnny Cash records down at—oh yeah! Hey, you wanna hear a good line? They serve everything in tin cups around here. That's the second song from now. Or third song from now. Hey, you think I didn't get water in a tin cup? Listen! Okay."