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The Highwayman. " The Highwayman " is a romantic ballad and narrative poem written by Alfred Noyes, first published in the August 1906 issue [1] of Blackwood's Magazine, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The following year it was included in Noyes' collection, Forty Singing Seamen and Other Poems, becoming an immediate success.
The Highwayman" was first published in the August 1906 issue of Blackwood's Magazine, and included the following year in Forty Singing Seamen and Other Poems. In a nationwide poll conducted by the BBC in 1995 to find Britain's favourite poem, "The Highwayman" was voted the nation's 15th favourite poem. [4]
For the song by Phil Ochs (based on the Noyes poem), see The Highwayman (poem). " Highwayman " is a song written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb about a soul with incarnations in four different places in time and history: as a highwayman, a sailor, a construction worker on the Hoover Dam, and finally as a captain of a starship.
The music video for "Everywhere" was directed by Alex Proyas and is a visual depiction of the poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes. There are two versions of the video. One version features bandmembers Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood superimposed over the story while the other version does not feature the band at all.
Johnny Cash 's " Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes," from Ben Jonson 's poem "Song: To Celia." Anna Dennis and Voice of Music 's "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May," from Robert Herrick 's poem " To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." Rudyard Kipling's poem, " If," is adapted by Joni Mitchell on her album, Shine.
Synopsis. A farmer is traveling with a sum of money—sometimes because he must pay his rent for a long period of time, sometimes because he has sold a cow—when he falls in with a highwayman. He either admits to the money, or the highwayman has overheard where he keeps it. The highwayman demands it and the farmer throws the money (in ...
Category. : Works about highwaymen. Works about highwaymen and highwaywomen, robbers who stole from travellers. This type of thief usually travelled and robbed by horse as compared to a footpad who travelled and robbed on foot; mounted highwaymen were widely considered to be socially superior to footpads.
The Newry Highwayman. " The Newry Highwayman " is a traditional Irish folk song about a highwayman 's life, deeds, and death. It is also found in Ireland, the United States and Canada with titles such as " Rambling Boy " and " Rude and Rambling Man ". The earliest known version is from 1788, likely printed by John Brown, in a chapbook entitled ...