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Artist: Karliene
Canonical path: /karliene/a-highwayman-comes-riding
Related lyric paths: 6
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A Highwayman Comes Riding
Read A Highwayman Comes Riding lyrics by Karliene on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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A Highwayman Comes Riding
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And still on a winter's night, they say
When the wind is in the trees
When the moon is a ghostly galleon
Tossed upon cloudy seas
When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor
A highwayman comes riding
Riding, riding
A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door
Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs
In the dark inn-yard
He taps with his whip on the shutters
But all is locked and barred
He whistles a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter
Bess, the landlord's daughter
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair
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Karliene performs "A Highwayman Comes Riding", and this lyric page sits inside the Karliene catalog on LyroVerse.
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