Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Karliene
Canonical path: /karliene/the-highwayman
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Highwayman
Read The Highwayman lyrics by Karliene on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Highwayman
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The wind was a torrent of darkness
Among the gusty trees
The moon was a ghostly galleon
Tossed upon cloudy seas
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor
And the highwayman came riding
Riding, riding
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn door
He'd a french cocked hat on his forehead
And a bunch of lace at his chin
He'd a coat of the claret velvet
And breeches of brown doe-skin
They fitted with never a wrinkle; his boots were up to his thigh
And he rode with a jewelled twinkle
His pistol butts a-twinkle
His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky
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Karliene performs "The Highwayman", and this lyric page sits inside the Karliene catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Candle By The Window and Song For An Outlawed Love with a short reason for opening each page next.
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